IRENE BAUMAN
Reese
Died early Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, 2009 at Satchell’s Adult Foster Care Home in Caro, at the age of 92. The former Irene McPherson was born Dec. 4, 1916 on her family’s centennial farm in Denmark Township, Tuscola County. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mattie (Weaver) McPherson. On April 14, 1934 she was married to Earl Bauman in Reese. He predeceased her Nov. 30, 2001. Irene was a faithful member of Reese United Methodist Church all of her life, sang in the church choir and was also a member of Reese United Methodist Women. She was a homemaker most of her life and helped her husband on the farm. Her greatest pleasures were being with her family, making bread and taking rides in the family car after dinner. Surviving are her two daughters, Marilyn Baublitz and her husband, Donald of Caro and Kathleen Johnson of Reese; two grandsons, James Abbey and his wife, Lisa of Caro and Dr. Kenneth Abbey and his wife, Jennifer Swendsen of Lake Osewego, OR; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas Abbey and Caitlyn Abbey of Caro; 16 step-great-grandchildren and two step-great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, Irene was predeceased by her sister, Nellie Miller. Funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9 from Reese United Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Harold J. Slater, pastor, will officiate. Private family committal service will take place later at the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Saginaw. Irene’s family will receive friends at Ware-Smith-Woolever Funeral Home in Reese on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. and at the church on Monday from 10 a.m. until time of service. Memorials may be made to Reese United Methodist Church. Ware-Smith-Woolever Funeral Home of Reese assisted the family with the arrangements. You may send your condolences through www.waresmithwoolever.com.