Irene L. Johanson

Arlington Heights

Formerly from Northbrook, IL

Irene Johanson was born on April 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Oscar and Irene (nee Morrison) Trapp. She married Bert Johanson in 1950 and enjoyed life together for 64 years. She died Thursday, March 5, 2020.

​Irene’s greatest joy was being a wife and a mother. Together she and Bert danced through life, hosting parties with friends and family, traveling the world (anywhere there was a golf course for Bert), spending time at their summer and winter home, and raising a family of five. Being a wonderful mother was her gift to her children. She was a strong, independent, happy and kind woman who was always ready to try new thing, go new places, bake a batch of cookies or host a party.

Irene was also a bookkeeper. After going to bookkeeping school, she worked for her father’s business. While raising a family she managed the books for Bert’s construction company. After her family grew up, she worked for a tennis club keeping their books straight, too.

Irene is survived by her children; Rich (Tracy), Liz (Bob) Matz, David (Leslie), Paul (Julie) and Tom (Marla); her grandchildren Seath (Stephanie), Taben (Kristin), Korem, Charles (Katherine), Carol (Kevin), David (fiancé Sarah), Mark (Flora), Andrew (Alexis), Kathryn, Hollis, Neal (Kristin), Eric, Tyler and Michael and her great-grandchildren Elisha, Aiden, Benaiah, Gavin, Aveyla, Dane, Evelyn, Piper, Emily, Ryan and Maisy; she is also survived by her brother Phillip Trapp.

She was preceded in death by her spouse Bert Johanson; her parents; her grandchildren Syrick and Trizah (late Jeffery); as well as her siblings Virginia Anich, Richard Trapp, Walter Trapp and Betty Bentley.

Visitation Monday, March 9, 2020 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (4 blocks south of Palatine Road) Arlington Heights, IL 60004 and on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 9:00am until time of Funeral Mass at 10:00am at St. Edna Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Chicago 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Suite 800, Chicago, IL, 60631 www.alz.org/illinois/.

Funeral Information and condolences can be given at www.GlueckertFuneralHome.com or (847) 253-0168.