Irene Magnuson

Marion Irene (Larson) Magnuson was born on January 5, 1923, to Henry and Hilma (Berggren) Larson at their countryside home in the Lund community. She passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at 11:30 to join her family in their heavenly home.

She attended Carlson School and graduated from Elgin in 1940. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church most of her life. She was baptized on March 5, 1923, confirmed on September 4, 1938, and married on December 10, 1943, to Hartwin John Magnuson at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Hartwin and Irene were married 61 years and blessed with three children, Marion, Boyd, and Loyd.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Hartwin; son, Loyd; her parents and sisters, Marjorie Anderson and Lois Pfluger. Irene is survived by her daughter, Marion; son, Boyd and wife, Diane; daughter-in-law, Karen Strong; nine grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 2 step great grandchildren, and 5 great great grandchildren.

Irene was a devoted Christian farmer’s wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. She loved babysitting all her grandchildren and great grandchildren when she could and teaching and reading to them about God. She took great pride in helping her grandchildren learn to cook and work on the farm, teaching them to drive, and playing chicken foot. She also loved to help at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Elgin with Vacation Bible School, ladies group, and serving families in the time of need. They were members at St. Peter’s for many years. In her later years, she returned to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lund.

A Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Providence-Jones Family Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 2:00 Pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 17900 Lund-Carlson Road, Elgin, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, or Bethlehem Lutheran Church.