November 2, 1936 – April 2, 2016

Irene passed away peacefully at the Overlander Residential Care Home in Kamloops, BC.  Irene was born in Perdue, Saskatchewan and spent her school years living with her family on the homestead in Perdue.

In August 1958, she married Bruce Clifford, a pilot in the Canadian Air Force and began her new life with her husband.  While they were living in Ottawa their eldest daughter (Zelda) was born in 1959 followed 2 years later with their son (Clark) being born in Red Deer, Alberta.  Up until 1966, she lived in many rural towns close to the Airforce bases in Alberta before the family moved to Dorian, Quebec when her husband’s career as a pilot with Air Canada began eventually moving to Brampton, Ontario.  After a few years living in Brampton the family moved to Richmond, BC followed by moving to Ladner, BC where their third child a daughter (Heather) was born in 1974.

In addition, to raising her family Irene had a career at The Royal Bank of Canada.  After retiring they lived in Abbotsford for a number of years followed by White Rock, BC finally settling in Kamloops where their youngest daughter lives.  Irene loved travelling, reading, dancing, watching football, curling and ice skating together with spending time with family and friends.

Mourning her passing is her husband of 58 years (Bruce), her children Zelda (David), Clark (Donna) and Heather together with her 1 grandson Matthew (Shilo), and 3 granddaughters Kerri (Mike), Cayla and Camryn and 2 great-grandchildren, Grei and Liv (children of Mike & Kerri).  Irene is also survived by her sister, Trudy of Calgary and her two brothers Gerald (Esther) and Ron (Donna) of Perdue.

The last few years Irene was a resident at the Overlander Residential Care Home.  We would like to thank the staff for the great care and love given to Irene (Mom).