MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Wilma Louise Irwin, 72, Muscatine, died Friday, Jan. 24, 2003, at Unity Hospital.

Services are at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. A luncheon will be held at the Eagles Lodge after the services. Pallbearers are Nick Reifert, Scott Reifert, Andy Reifert, Ben Reifert, Daniel Reifert, Layne Irwin, McKenzie Irwin and Marty Irwin. Burial will be at Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Irwin was born on Aug. 19, 1930, in Wood River, Ill., the daughter of Glenn and Viola Herlein Reifert. She married Kuehl Irwin on July 24, 1954, in Davenport.

She worked for the Muscatine School District for many years as a cook.

She loved reading, traveling and doing crafts. Her main enjoyment was spending time with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Terry Irwin of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Dale Irwin and his wife, Terri, of Muscatine; a sister, Jean Patterson and her husband, Don, of Greenfield; five brothers, Rick Reifert and his wife, Lori, of Bondurant, LaVerne Reifert of Muscatine, Ed Reifert and his wife, Mattie, of Limestone, Tenn., Ron Reifert and his wife, Nancy, and Bill Reifert and his wife, Eve, all of Muscatine; two sisters-in-law, Ann Reifert and Charlotte Esmoil, both of Muscatine; and two grandchildren, Layne and McKenzie Irwin.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers, Earl Reifert, Jerry Reifert and Jim Reifert