Irene J. Madden, 75, Atchison, Kansas died Monday, March 2, 2020 at Atchison Medicalodge Nursing Center.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Joseph’s Church. Parish rosary will be recited Thursday, at 9:00 A.M. with visitation to follow until 10:00 at the church. Interment will follow in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Effingham, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Joseph’s Church Basement Renovation Fund or St. Ann’s Cemetery and may be left in care of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom care has been entrusted.

Irene was born March 26, 1943 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of George D. and Angela R. Blocker Madden.  She attended Forest Grove and Sunny Grove Elementary Schools and graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1961 in Effingham, Kansas.

Irene formerly was employed with Atchison Products for eighteen years; Rockwell International Corporation and then Lockwood Printing Company for eighteen years; she then became employed with Atchison Senior Village for three years.

She was a member of St. Benedict Parish.  She taught CCD classes for four years at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and then St. Benedict’s Church.  She was a member of V.F. W. Auxiliary where she served for four terms as president.  In her spare time she enjoyed traveling all across the United States with her women’s bowling league; she enjoyed working crossword puzzles and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

Survivors include two sisters, Frances Robinson, Atchison, KS; Mary Kimmi, Everest, KS; eight brothers; Jim (Nancy) Madden, Atchison, KS; Mike (Karen) Madden, Topeka, KS; Ralph (Rita) Madden, Effingham, KS; Louis (Nonna) Madden, Topeka, KS; Bill Madden, Junction City, KS; Alva (Tonja) Madden, Autsin, TX; Jerry Madden, Effingham, KS; Henry (Kathie) Madden, Norman, OK and several nieces and nephews and great and great great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Madden, John Madden; and two sisters, Lois Sage and Helen Hagen.