Lourene W. Plant

July 14, 1917 — September 15, 2003

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Lourene W. Plant, 86, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, died Monday, September 15, 2003, in her home, at Bickford Cottage in Marion. Memorial services will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation. Inurnment: Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Pennsylvania. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion.

Survivors include a son, Kenneth (Jeanne) Plant of Avon, Connecticut; a daughter, Connie (Gary) Kent of Marion; a son-in-law, Jerry (Ann) Kirker of Raleigh, North Carolina; and five grandchildren, Jennifer and Timothy Plant, Brandy Hudson and Andrew and Julie Kent.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter, Carol A. Kirker; and three brothers.

Lourene was born July 14, 1917, in Donora, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Daniel and Lida (Burns) Whirlow. She graduated from Donora High School in 1935 and from California State Teachers College in California, Pennsylvania in 1939. On June 6, 1942, she married Colin S. Plant in Donora. He died January 26, 2000. Lourene taught elementary school in Pennsylvania and also in Rockford, Illinois. Upon retirement, Lourene and Colin moved to Clearwater, Florida where they resided until 1998. They then moved to Marion, Iowa to be closer to family.

Lourene was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church.

The family would like to thank the staff of Bickford Cottage for the steadfast and loving care that Lourene received there.

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