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| | Ira Dawson Alkire | Visitation:
Saturday, May 2, 2009
5:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Lohr & Barb Funeral Home
312 Main Street
Parsons, WV 26287
Service:
Sunday, May 3, 2009
1:30 PM
Lohr & Barb Funeral Home
312 Main Street
Parsons, WV 26287
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IRA DAWSON ALKIRE, age 93 years, former Mayor of Hendricks, WV, and a resident of the Rosendorf Community, departed this life Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2009 at his home.
He was born Wednesday, December 1, 1915 at Arlington, WV, a son of the late Albert Dawson Alkire and Judie Woods Alkire. He was twice married, first on December 5, 1936 at Oakland, Md, he was married to the former Madeline G. Plaugher, who preceded him in death February 26, 1994 and second on October 4, 1997 at Red House, Md, he was married to the former Opal M. Sponaugle, who preceded him in death February 10, 2006.
Surviving are two stepsons, Mike Mobley and Bill Carr and wife Faye and several nieces and nephews. Ira was known to be called Dad by many, Sue, Diane, Pam, Donna and Nancy and granddad to Walter, and Dr. Michael, who called Ira “Uncle”.
He is the last surviving member of his immediate family having been preceded in death by four brothers, Albert, William Dewey, Earl Jackson and Emory M.J. Alkire; and three sisters, Susan Elizabeth Ware, Dora M. Marple and Laura J. Smith.
He attended the schools of Tucker Co. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II on the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Pacific Ocean. He was at Okinawa when the war ended, working in every terminal on this division, and honorably discharged at Bainbridge, Md. He was a former councilman and mayor of Hendricks. He worked in the coal mines, in the woods, ran heavy machinery, worked for the West Virginia Dept. of Highways, was a farmer and retired from CSX Railroad as an Engineer. He was a lifetime member of The Moose, The Veterans of Foreign Wars and The American Legion.
“I’m Free” - Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free. I’m following the path God laid for me. I took God’s hand when I heard the call; I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day to laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way; I found that place at the close of day. If my parting has left a void, then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss. Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full; I savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief; don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your heart and share with me- God wanted me now, God set me free.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Saturday from 5 to 8PM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 1:30PM. The Reverend Eli Hostetler will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, where the H.W. Daniels Post #29 American Legion will present the American Flag.
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