Irene G. Martin
Irene G. Martin
Irene G. Martin, matriarch of our family, of Caldwell Idaho passed away peacefully on April 19 th , her 93 rd birthday, surrounded by family. Irene was born in Baker County Oregon and grew up in the Baker City area. She was one of eight children born to James O. and Mabel M. Hall. She attended and graduated from Baker High School in May 1939. She married Leonard Edge and to this union was born three children, Lawrence, Lynda and Raymond. Later on in life she met and married Victor A. Becvar and to this union was born Vickie, Janet and Cheryl. She lived in Boise for many years and later moved to Caldwell where she lived with her daughter Vickie and granddaughter Nicole until her death. She enjoyed people and worked in public retail and service jobs much of her life. Her many employers included OKAY Foods, Royal Restaurant, Four B’s Restaurant, Grants Truck Stop, and her final employment was at Buttrey foods where she worked until she retired. She loved purple and purple irises and was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and Retail Clerks Union. She enjoyed watching her many grandchildren play sports, loved shopping, baseball and was an avid fan of Seattle Mariners. She traveled to New York to the baseball hall of fame and for her 90 th birthday, she attended a Mariners game where she was honored as the northwest fan of the week representing the state of Idaho. In her spare time she enjoyed Mary Higgins Clark books, word search puzzles, country music, Griffey her cat and Dutch Bros. coffee. She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings Glen, Edward, Donald, Millie, Ada, Dorthy, Lorene and her son Raymond and daughter Janet. She is survived by her son Lawrence Edge and wife Clair, daughter Lynda Barnhart Gilbert, daughter Vickie Becvar, daughter Cheryl Harper and husband Mark, and numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and her many friends at Dutch Bros. Caldwell, Juanita Calvert and her companion Griffey. Services will be held at 5:00 pm at Alden-Waggoner funeral chapel in Boise on Thursday April 24 th with viewing starting at 4:00 and refreshments following the service. A second service will be held in Baker City Oregon at 2:00 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home on Saturday, April 26th with Burial to follow at Haines Cemetery. In lieu of flowers suggested donations can be made to Witco and Idaho Special Olympics in her honor.
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