Irene M. Wesner

February 4, 1927 - December 13, 2011

Irene M. Wesner, 84, of Benton Harbor, died Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Bremen Health Care Center in Bremen, Indiana. Services celebrating her life will be held at 11 AM on Friday, December 16, at the Napier Parkview Baptist Church in Benton Harbor with Dr. J. O. Hosler officiating. Burial will follow in North Shore Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends and relatives beginning at 10 AM on Friday at the church. Memorials may be made to Napier Parkview Baptist Church. Arrangements are by the Dey-Florin Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in St. Joseph. Please leave memories, messages or photos at www.florin.net. Irene was born on February 4, 1927 in Benton Township to Edward and Olga Schermer. She married her husband, Arthur, on November 15, 1947 and he preceded her in death on February 17, 2009. Together they celebrated 62 years of marriage. Foremost, Irene was a homemaker and care giver to her family; in addition, she was also a bus driver, a keypunch operator and a church secretary. She was a member of Napier Parkview Baptist Church and the Church Choir. Irene enjoyed entertaining, working with flowers and kept Jesus and the Word of God central in her life. Irene placed her family needs above her own and always pointed them to Christ. She is survived by her children, Linda (Melvin) Chandler of Middlefield, OH, Rodger (Beverly) Wesner of Rolling Meadows, IL, and David (Eileen) Wesner of Columbia City, IN; her 12 grandchildren and her 7 great grandchildren.