Obit: Peachey, Irene (1929 - 2015)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Nisly, Peachey

----Source: WIGM/WKEB Obituaries (Medford, WI) 12/10/2015

Peachey, Irene (Nisly) (16 SEP 1929 - 5 DEC 2015)

Irene Peachey, age 86, left this earth for heaven on Saturday, December 5, 2015.

She had arrived on September 16, 1929 in a Kansas farmhouse to Rachel and Albert Nisly. Irene had four older siblings; William, Enos, Alvin and Susie. Later Ruth and Daniel joined the family.

When Irene was seven, her family moved to Kalona, Iowa, and then on to Oregon several years later. Irene attended Eastern Mennonite College in Virginia and then went to teach at Belleville Mennonite School in Pennsylvania.

There she met David Peachey and was married on August 26th, 1960. Being a dairy farmer’s wife for the next 33 years, with a relocation to Colby, Wisconsin, required barn chores, fieldwork and homemaking.

They raised five children; Donnita, David married to Kathy, Sandra married to Randy, Jessica and Edwin married to Tracy. Irene has fifteen grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Four grandchildren preceded her in death. Her husband David died in 1993.

She retired to North Carolina in 2004 to be near her family. Throughout her life, she enjoyed many good friendships, reading, studying the bible, watching birds and working in the garden or her flower beds. Irene was friendly and knew how to reach out to people in conversation and compassion.

Family and friends are welcome for a visitation from 10:00 until 11:30 AM on Friday, December 11, 2015 at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Colby, WI.

A graveside service will follow at 12:00 noon at the Colby Memorial Cemetery. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Colby is entrusted with the arrangements.

Online condolences may be offered at www.maurinaschilling.com. 

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