Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
ROGERS — Irene Isabel Richter
passed into the presence of our Lord and Savior on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. She was born Feb. 22, 1930, to Alfred & Maude Parker Easterbrook in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Mother was raised in both Canada and the U.S. She traveled the country with her sister and parents as they worked in the ministry. She attended grade school in San Antonio, Texas, and all-girls boarding school in Tulsa, Okla.
As a young teen, she and her mother and sister settled in Skiatook, Okla., where she met and fell in love with Demus E. “Mutt” Stillwell. They married and had three children — Alvin Ray, David Eugene and Treva Marie.
Irene was a faithful Christian and attended the First Baptist Church of Ramona, Okla., where she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and attended WMU Women’s Missions Union.
She applied for and received her United States citizenship after she married and was proud to be an American.
She taught pre-school with the Head-Start program in the Ramona area and later worked as a bookkeeper for Otasco. Later in life, she worked for Mr. Phillip R. Phillips, and was a housekeeper and cook before she retired.
She married Allen R. Richter on Oct. 25, 2003, and they made their home in Bartlesville, Okla., where they attended Trinity Baptist Church.
Irene was preceded in death by husband Allen R. Richter; parents Alfred and Maude Easterbrook; sisters Wanda Collums and Dorothy Love; brother Alfred Easterbrook II; and one child, Carol Jean Stillwell.
Her children, Alvin Stillwell, David Stillwell and Treva Stillwell Wood, along with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, survive her.
A memorial service in her honor will be held Sept. 20, 2020, at The Orchards Park, Bentonville, Ark., at 2 pm. Donations may be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation.