Wattles, Irma Irene

1925 - 2010  (84 years)

• Name	Wattles, Irma Irene
  Birth	20 Jun 1925	Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WATT.I002
  _FGRAVE	46503645
  Funeral	Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	9 Jan 2010	Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  	Irma Irene Knowles, 84, of Sailor Springs died at 5:58 a.m. Saturday, Jan 9, 2010, at Clay County Hospital, Flora.
  Burial		Headstone, Knowles, Irma I. and Billie H
  Person ID	I42194	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	12 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Wattles, Ralph Harmon,   b. 29 Jan 1890, Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Jan 1968, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Grove, Velma D.,   b. 10 May 1894, Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois d. 9 Jul 1982, Clay County, Illinois (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F16465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Knowles, Billy H.,   b. 18 Aug 1926, Illinois d. 27 Mar 2004 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1942	Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	She : 17 years and 5 months - He : 16 years and 3 months.
  Children	1. Knowles, Lee,   b. 1943   d. 1943 (Age 0 years)   2. Knowles, Larry,   b. 1943   d. 1943 (Age 0 years)   3. Knowles, Frankie Allen,   b. 7 Dec 1959, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois d. 9 Oct 2016, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F16462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jun 1925 - Clay County, Illinois Funeral - - Neal Funeral Home, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 21 Nov 1942 - Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois Death - 9 Jan 2010 - Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Irma Irene Knowles, 84, of Sailor Springs died at 5:58 a.m. Saturday, Jan 9, 2010, at Clay County Hospital, Flora. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Neal Funeral Home, Lousiville, with Brother Tim Schnautz officiating. Burial will be in Ingraham Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Louisville American Legion. Mrs. Knowles was born June 20, 1925, in Clay County, the daughter of Ralph Wattles and Velma (Grove) Wattles. She married Billie H. Knowles Nov. 21, 1942, in Ingraham, and he preceded her in death March 27, 2004. She was retired from food service for United Airlines and was a member of Ingraham Baptist Church. Mrs. Knowles is survived by her son, Frankie A. Knowles, of Sailor Springs; daughter, Jean Ann Pelzer of Griswold, Iowa; sisters, Betty Ireland of Magnolia, Del., Merle Hosick of River Grove, and Mary Smith of Champaign; and grandchildren, Barbara Irene Lubkeman of Lewis, Iowa, Ben A. Lubkeman of Albuquerque, N.M., and James Knowles of Los Angeles. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Billie; sons, Lee and Larry Knowles in infancy; son-in-law, Basil L. Pelzer; and six brothers and three sisters. Published in the Effingham Daily News

  
  

• Sources

  [S13167] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Knowles, Irma Irene, 84, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46503645/irma-irene-knowles), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14649] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Knowles, Bessie Jane, 98, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20432431/besse-jane-knowles), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13165] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Knowles, Irma I. and Billie H, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26395323), none. (Reliability: 2).