Alice Ibach

Ilene Ibach, age 94, of Caney, Kansas went to be with her Lord on September 1, 2014, while at The Journey Home hospice house in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Alice Ilene Barnett was born January 18, 1920, in Hewins, Kansas, the first of two children to Barna F. and Verda Belle Bradley Barnett. She attended school at Hewins for ten years. She then attended high school at Cedar Vale, Kansas, and graduated with the class of 1938. That same year her family moved to Bowring, Oklahoma. She later moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma and went to work for S. H. Kress and later for Phillips Petroleum Company.

It was in Bartlesville that she met James D. Dude Ibach. They married on July 3, 1944 in Nowata, Oklahoma. To this union was born their two daughters Vicki Rea and Sheryl Lea. The family moved to Caney, Kansas in 1948. Her husband, Dude, owned and operated the Phillips 66 Station at the corner of 5th and High streets, what was then US 75. Dude passed away March 23, 1984.

In 1956 she began 17 years of employment with Dr. Doyle O. Burch, Optometrist, in Caney. Then in 1973, she returned to work at Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, retiring from there in 1985.

Ilene had a goal of living in a clean world, but was satisfied with concentrating on her own yard work and keeping her realm tidy. She enjoyed feeding the birds and reading at least until her eyesight gave out. She enjoyed attending church, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Caney.

Blessed by her memory are her surviving loved ones: two daughters, Vicki Ferrell and husband Doc of Caney and Sheryl Sutherland and husband James of Southport, North Carolina her five grandchildren, Dana, Kara, Matt, Zac, and Jordan three great grandchildren, Millie, Clare, and Porter one brother, Harold Barnett and wife Nadine of Caney and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Ilene was preceded in death by her parents, Barna and Verda and her husband, Dude in 1984.

Celebration of Life services will be held 1:00 p.m, Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at the Cornerstone Church in Caney, with Pastor Brad Sanders officiating. Interment will follow at Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, under the direction of Potts Chapel of Caney.

Friends may sign the guest book at Potts Chapel in Caney from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday thru Friday, and again on Monday September 8th. Online condolences may also be left at www.pottsfuneralhome.com. Visitation will be Monday, September 8, 2014, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Cornerstone Church in Caney with the family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorial donations be made to the Cornerstone Church in Caney, or to the donors organization of choice in memory of Ilene. Donations can be left with Potts Chapel in Caney

Visitation

Potts Chapel of Caney
107 North State
Caney, KS  67333
Monday, September 8, 2014
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Service

Celebration of Life Service

Cornerstone Church
900 S. Ridgeway
Caney, KS  67333
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
1:00 p.m.

Family Visitation

Cornerstone Church
900 S. Ridgeway
Caney, KS  67333
Monday, September 8, 2014
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Cemetery

Sunnyside Cemetery
408 N. Ridgeway
Caney, KS  67333

Memorial Contributions

900 S. Ridgeway
Caney, KS  67333