Irene Mary Williamson, 84, formerly of Moline, IL, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at Imboden Creek Living Center, Decatur, IL. Memorial services for Irene Mary Williamson will be 1:00PM Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, IL. Visitation will be 2 hours before the service from 11AM-1PM with inurnment at St. Mary's Cemetery in East Moline. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to INBAF(Illinois News Broadcasters Association Foundation), 2206 N. Main - Suite 141, Wheaton, IL 60187. Please print "Bob Murray Broadcast Scholarship" on the memo line. Irene Mary Leenknecht was born April 8, 1931 in Muscatine, IA, the daughter of Raymond and Helen Bermel Leenknecht. In 1974, she married Charles Williamson in Springfield, IL. She worked at area grocery stores and later in life volunteered at the South Brevard Center in Melbourne, FL. Above all else, Irene loved helping people. Irene is survived by her two granddaughters Mary (Jason) Magerl, Athen, IL and Elizabeth (Glenn Westfield) Murray, Champaign, IL; a daughter-in-law Sandy Murray, Decatur; great grand children Tommy Hunter, Tiffany Hunter, and Sydnee Magerl; and great great grandchildren Payton Hunter, Jayce Sklenka, Tommy Hunter Jr., and Alivia Hunter; one sister, Mary Buckley, Alton, IL and one brother Alfred Leenknecht, South Dakota; step-daughters Wendy Freebern and Tracy Claeys. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband and son Robert "Bob" Murray.

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