Irene Olmstead O'Connor
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Irene O'Connor
Oriskany
Irene O'Connor 94, of Oriskany passed away peacefully on Monday, August 3, 2020 at the Sunset Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boonville.
She was born on December 2, 1925 in Grieg, NY a daughter of the late Merwin and Pearl (Ingersoll) Olmstead. On June 30, 1945 at St. Patrick's Church in Utica she was united in marriage to Edward F. O'Connor Sr. a blessed union of over 66 years, Mr. O'Connor passed away on March 8, 2012.Mrs. O'Connor was employed at one time with the Waterbury Felt Co. in Oriskany, and later with the Whitesboro Central Schools as a School Bus Driver retiring after many years of dedicated service.She was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who cherished the time that she spent with her family. At a younger age she learned to fly Airplanes and received her pilot's license. She flew Double Wing Bi Planes. She also enjoyed traveling to Florida with her husband in their Motor Home. She also loved animal's especially cats and her time at their family camp in Inlet Brown Track Pond where she spent her entire summers with her children.
She is survived by her children, Edward (Beverly) O'Connor Jr. of Boonville, Patrick (Lori) O'Connor of Boonville, and Robert O'Connor of Forestport. She leaves her grandchildren, Mylissa (Jeffrey) Deetz, Rebecca O'Connor, Kelsey O'Connor, Robert (Summer) O'Connor Jr., Michael O'Connor, Lisa O'Connor, and Robert Worn Jr., her great grandchildren, Fallon, Alexis, Miranda, Trevor, Aniela, Shaylee, Olivia, Skylie, and Robert Worn III, and great great grandchildren, KhaiLee, and MagnoLeea, She was predeceased by a daughter Susan O'Connor, and a sister Helen Stockton.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 1:00 PM at the Dimbleby Funeral Homes Inc. 40 Main St. in Whitesboro. Interment will be in Oriskany Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to call on Friday prior to the service from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the funeral home.
For those who wish please consider the Stevens-Swan Humane Society 5664 Horatio St, Utica, NY, 13502 in her memory. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
For online expressions of sympathy please go to www.dimblebyfh.com