{"id":4511,"date":"2025-03-21T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:09:28","slug":"happy-birthday-cousin-irene-link-denning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4511","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday cousin Irene Link Denning!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Link Denning was born on March 21, 1903 in West Point, Iowa. She is Walt&#8217;s first cousin twice removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Deloris Link was born on March 21, 1903 to Eustace and Mary Strothman Link. She was the 6th child born to the couple. They had a total of 11 children but 2 died in infancy. The 1910 census show her living with her parents and 8 siblings in West Point where her father ran a grocery store. The 1920 census has her working at the store as does the 1930 census. I wrote about Eustace in this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4199\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?resize=629%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?resize=1024%2C253&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C74&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C190&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?resize=900%2C222&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1920-census-cropped.jpg?w=1198&amp;ssl=1 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A snip of the 1920 census. The family is living on Monroe Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1940, Irene is still living with her parents. She is the proprietor of a coal yard. According to her obituary, she was the last coal salesperson in the area. Her brother Carl is running a funeral home in the building where his father&#8217;s store once was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 30, 1942, Irene Link married Alfred Denning in Detroit, Michigan. Alfred went by Pat. I wrote about their marriage and later life in this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2617\">post<\/a>. Except for a short time near their marriage, Irene and Pat lived in southeastern Iowa, first in Fort Madison and later in Keokuk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1950 census finds them in West Point, living with Mary Link.  Pat is working for Anthes Force Oiler and Irene is managing a gas station (fuel dealer). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irene Link Denning died on May 28, 1993 in Keokuk Iowa. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/headstone-2.jpg?resize=629%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/headstone-2.jpg?w=724&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/headstone-2.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irene Link Denning was born on March 21, 1903 in West Point, Iowa. 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