DONALD LEE IRIONS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP AT THE AGE OF 85 ON JULY 4TH AT WESTCHESTER GARDENS NURSING HOME IN CLEARWATER FLORIDA.
DONALD WAS BORN ON APRIL 3, 1931 TO JACOB AND LUELLA IRIONS IN PEORIA, IL. THEY PROCEEDED HIM IN DEATH.
HE MARRIED MARILYN MILLER KLINE ON JUNE 4, 1959 IN PEORIA, IL. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 53 YEARS AND ENJOYED MANY YEARS OF FLYING, BOATING ON THEIR HOUSEBOAT, CAMPING AND TRAVELING TOGETHER. THEY ESPECIALLY LOVED TO SPEND TIME AT DISNEY WORLD AND SHOWING THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ALL OVER THE PARKS. HE TOOK GREAT JOY IN DOING THIS.
DONALD WAS AN AVID FLYER WITH A COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENSE AND HIS OWN PLANE. HE ENJOYED FLYING WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE, MARILYN.
AND LOVED TAKING HIS CHILDREN ON FLIGHTS AND SURPRISING THEM WITH HIS FLYING TRICKS. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL.
DONALD WAS THE OWNER OF IRIONS BLOCK COMPANY IN CHILLICOTHE, IL FROM 1968 TO 1980 WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE RETIRED TO KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA.
SURVIVING ARE 4 OF HIS CHILDREN, CONNIE(RICK) ROBBINS OF EAST PEORIA, IL, DANIEL (PEGGY) IRIONS OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, JACOB
(CAROL) IRIONS OF MARQUETTE, IL AND ROBERTA (KLINE) RYERSON OF CANTON, IL. ALSO HE IS SURVIVED BY 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE MARILYN JEANNE MILLER IRIONS, HIS BROTHER DICK IRIONS. A DAUGHTER CRYSTAL (BILL) SESSIONS, AND AN INFANT GRANDSON SEAN CHRISTOPHER SESSIONS
AND HIS PARENTS JACOB AND LUELLA IRIONS.
THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES AS HE DONATED HIS BODY TO SCIENCE! THE FAMILY REQUESTS NO FLOWERS AND MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
DONALD’S AIRPLANE, MOTORHOME AND HOUSEBOAT THAT HE ENJOYED WITH HIS WIFE.
What a beautifully written celebration of Don’s life. The pictures were great! I will miss Don, we had great holidays with him & Marilyn & family. We loved watching the Twilight Zone together! ! ! Enjoy you new life in Heaven! ! ! !