Irene Marie Fisk
Irene Marie Fisk
Irene Marie Fisk
February 04, 1935 – September 29, 2019
Searsboro, Iowa | Age 84
Irene Fisk 84 of rural Searsboro, passed away Sunday morning, September 29, 2019, at the Unity Point Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Irene Marie Peterson was born in Des Moines, Iowa as Bonnie Rachel Wallace, the daughter of Clarence Shelby and Rachel Mae Bates Wallace.
Irene was the eighth child of twelve known siblings. She was adopted in 1948 by Leonard and Jocena (Bangtson) Peterson. At the age of sixteen she moved to Montezuma, IA, to live with Leonard’s sister, Evelyn Blain.
Irene attended the Montezuma Community School where she met her first husband, James William McNaul (1935-1969).
They were married on June 21, 1953, at the Skaraborg Lutheran Church in Calhoun County, Iowa, and to this union five children were born.
They lived in Poweshiek County for a couple years before Jim enlisted in the Army where they spent some time in Lawton, Oklahoma, then Ft Hood, Texas, and at another Army base in Louisiana. When Jim was discharged from the Army, they moved back to Poweshiek County, Iowa, where they began farming. In 1965, they left the farm due to Jim’s health and moved to Malcom until his death in 1969.
Irene then married Daniel Boone Fisk on August 10, 1970 at the home of Doc and Colleen Van Kampen. She moved her children to his farm, located south of Searsboro, Iowa, where they reside today. Daniel had three daughters of his own, making for a large farm family!
Dan and Irene were faithful members of the New Sharon Assembly of God Church. Irene was known to many as Mama Rene, loved and respected by all who knew her. She was always ready with a warm hug. Through the years she served her church as a board member, senior Sunday School teacher, and Women’s Ministries Dorcas Committee leader, and she will be greatly missed.
Irene is survived by her husband, Daniel Fisk; their children: Cyndy McNaul of Grinnell, Iowa; Charlotte (& Russell) Beyer of Pella, Iowa; Jacque (& Tom) Russell of Riverside, California; Kenneth McNaul of Searsboro, IA; Jo (& Ricardo) Castaneda of Marengo, IL; Jerri (& Norm) Belew of Des Moines, IA; Cheri McNaul of Tulsa, OK; and Dan (& McNaul (Marj) of Hillsborough, New Jersey; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Funeral services will begin at 10:30 am Thursday, October 3, 2019, at the New Sharon Assembly of God Church.
Burial will be held in the Ivy Hill Cemetery in Malcom, Iowa.
Visitation will begin after 2:00 pm on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon with the family present from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Memorial contributions may be made to New Sharon Assembly of God Church and will be used for the Full Life Youth Ministries.
