Irene M. Longenberger

Irene M. Longenberger, of Fort Wayne, passed away on September 26, 2019. She was 100. She was born on December 24, 1918 in Adams County. Irene graduated from high school in Adams County, Indiana 1936 and from The Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing 1940. She worked for many years as a nurse doing both private duty and general duty at Lutheran Hospital. She was a nurse for Wolf and Dessauer Department Store for 5 years and an office nurse for Robert Lohmann MD for 17 years. On September 7, 1940 she married Kenneth Arlo Longenberger. They were married for 70 years before his passing in 2010. They resided in Fort Wayne until they became full time residents of Bradenton, Florida in 1992. She returned to Fort Wayne in 2013 to reside at Covington Commons Senior Living. Irene is survived by her daughter, Sharon (James) Kellock of Lake Forest, IL; son, Stanley (Barbara) Longenberger, of Fort Wayne; daughter in-law, Sandra Longenberger; grandchildren, Tamera (Jeff) Beard of Indianapolis, Robert (Debra) Longenberger of Fort Wayne, Kimberly (James) Carris of Lake Forest, IL, James (Kim) Kellock III of Peoria, Amy (Joey) Longenberger, of Fort Wayne, Rick (Kyli) Longenberger of Fort Wayne; ten great- grandchildren. Proceeding her in passing are her parents, Milton and Emma Girod; son, Stephen Longenberger; sister, Mary Kelley; and brothers, Glen Girod, Arthur Girod MD, and Dwight Girod. A memorial service will be at 1pm on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at the Greenlawn Funeral Home 6750 Covington Road Fort Wayne, Indiana 46804. Memorial Contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home 5910 Homestead Road Fort Wayne, Indiana 46814. Condolences may be left online at www.greenlawnmpfh.com.