Ida Irene Vogel has lifted her hands from her beloved piano after a lifetime filled with music, laughter, challenge, and the unselfish love for her family. Irene passed away on May 13, 2022, at Park Place Assisted Living. Her apartment window was filled with her cherished Dishman Hills landscape and placed her within a few blocks of the Vogel Family home of 52 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Adam Vogel, and is survived by five adult children, eleven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Irene was born on December 18, 1932, in the great wheat-growing region of central Saskatchewan, Canada, to her Ukrainian parents, Myron Michael Melnick and Annie Marion Malashenko, whose individual odysseys showcase the core values of the American Experience. The great tragedy of Irene’s long and adventurous life occurred on October 4th, 1935, when a mysterious early morning house fire took the lives of both Myron and Annie and left the severely burned Irene fighting for her life in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan hospital. Irene finished her high school education in Grand Forks, British Columbia, and then attended the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria B.C., completing her Registered Nurse degree in 1952. She then traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to study at the Royal Infirmary earning her Mid-Wife Certificate. In the winter of 1958, Irene went to a basketball game to gauge the merits of one Maurice A. Vogel. They were married on May 2, 1959, and Irene began work as an RN at the Republic Hospital. The family began with the birth of Daniel Myron Vogel and was followed by Anne Michelle Vogel (Robinson), Christopher Albert Vogel, Karl Adam Vogel, and Katrina Zoe Vogel (Swift). Grandchildren include Adrienne, Forrest, Katrina, Eva, Bridger, Claire, Iraina, Ian, Isaac, Adam, Henry, Bonny, Trevor and Tess. Irene Vogel will be celebrated with a funeral mass for family & friends at St. John Vianney Catholic Church on Saturday June 4th at 11:00 am with a reception to follow. (Vigil Rosary: Friday June 3rd at 7:00 PM at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. 503 N. Walnut Rd, Spokane Valley, WA 99214.)
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