Irene Ethel LAUGHLIN, daughter of Jesse W. LAUGHLIN (1887-1968) and Cora Belle FILTINGBERGER (1892-1973), was born on April 10, 1910 in Stanley, Johnson County, Kansas. She lived in Johnson County until adulthood.
Irene married Robert Albert POWELL on June 19, 1927 in Johnson County. Robert, son of Paul ABLE and Carrie T., was born on January 9, 1905, in Dalhart, Texas, and adopted by Mark WEEKS and Elizabeth <unknown>. During World War 2 Irene worked at the Sunflower Ammunition Plant near DeSoto, Kansas. Albert was a farm worker on some of the large farms in eastern Johnson County until he went to work for the Sunflower Ammunition Plant in 1942. They were divorced in 1945.
Robert and Irene had two children, both living.
After her divorce, Irene married John Garner and for a time lived in Oregon. She returned to Kansas and went through another divorce. She married Roy RICHARDSON on Mar 23, 1955, and Luther WILLIAMS on October 7, 1976.
Irene died of cancer on Mar 22, 1984 in Johnson County. She was buried in Gardner, Johnson County, Kansas, next to Roy RICHARDSON.
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