Irene Laura Oblen, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc, WI.<\/p>\n
Irene was born on November 21,1927 in Kenosha, WI to the late Joseph and Victoria (Markiewicz) Minkowski.\u00a0\u00a0 Irene lived in Kenosha, WI her entire life, before moving to be near her daughter in New Berlin, WI.<\/p>\n
Irene married Edward Oblen on February 4th<\/sup>, 1956.\u00a0 They were married 41 years before Edward\u2019s passing in 1997.<\/p>\n She attended Mary D. Bradford High School and graduated from The University of Wisconsin Madison in 1948.\u00a0 Irene worked at Great Lakes Naval Base, the Kenosha National Bank, and Prairie Lane Elementary School.<\/p>\n Irene was a member of Women\u2019s Auxiliary of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) Post 34, the Women\u2019s Card Club, St. Elizabeth\u2019s Catholic Church and the former St. Casimir\u2019s Catholic Church, Kenosha, WI.<\/p>\n She was devoted to quilting, sewing, crocheting, and gardening on the small family farm in Pleasant Prairie.\u00a0 She enjoyed traveling with friends to Las Vegas over the many years and was an avid reader and investor.\u00a0 Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family and loved watching her children and grandchildren play sports and musical instruments.<\/p>\n Her memory will be forever cherished by her four children:\u00a0 Paula (Steve) Bailey, New Berlin, WI; Steve (Paula) Oblen, Palm Desert, CA; Michael (Ellen) Oblen, Milton, GA; and Patrick Oblen, Franklin, WI and her six grandchildren \u2013 Chase, Ian, Sydney, Jack, Luke, and Joshua.<\/p>\n In addition to her parents and her husband, Irene was preceded in death by her older brother, Chester Minkowski.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Funeral services honoring Irene\u2019s life will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2023. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth\u2019s Catholic Church, 4816 7th<\/sup> Avenue, Kenosha, WI.<\/p>\n Private Interment will follow in St. George Cemetery.<\/p>\n A visitation for Irene will be held on Friday, February 10, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Piasecki Funeral Home.<\/p>\n Memorial remembrances made be made to, AngelsGrace Hospice, N74W35908, Servants\u2019 Way, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 and St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 714 49th<\/sup> Street, Kenosha, WI 53143.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Irene Laura Oblen, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc, WI. Irene was born on November 21,1927 in Kenosha, WI to the late Joseph and Victoria (Markiewicz) Minkowski.\u00a0\u00a0 Irene lived in Kenosha, WI her entire life, before moving to<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-11541","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/11541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n