IRENE MCCORMICK obituary

Irene Marie McCormick, 77, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at a Havre hospital of natural causes.

A prayer vigil will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, and her funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, also at the Holland & Bonine

Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery.

Irene was born June 17, 1927, in Havre to Frank Akino and Mary Julia LaDue. She grew up in Rocky Boy and attended schools there.

She married Maurice Bone and the couple lived in Havre. On Aug. 23, 1974, Irene married James McCormick in Chinook. They lived in Havre but farmed west of town.

Irene was a very loving person and mother. Her children always came first. She had a very kind and generous spirit and was loved by many friends and family. She enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and camping. She also enjoyed an occasional Keno game. She was a lifetime resident of Havre and a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church.

Irene was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James McCormick; son, Billy Bone; sisters, Elizabeth, Mary Agnes and Alice; brother, Alexander; and former husband, Maurice Bone.

Survivors include her daughters, Grace (Lee) Dubois, Marcella Crichton and Lori Bone, all of Havre; sons, Lonnie (Cindy) Bone of Loveland, Colo., and Lloyd and Robert Bone, both of Havre; sister, Lida of Butte; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorials in Irene's honor may be made to St. Jude Catholic Church.

Services and arrangements are under the direction of Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.