ASHTABULA —
Born in 1923, to Anna and Cecil Stewart, in North Kingsville, Ohio, Irene E. Stewart grew up in the Great Depression. Irene went to North Kingsville school for all twelve years. She graduated Valedictorian in a class of 13 students. She then went on to the Ashtabula Business College, the first woman in her family to seek higher education.
Her first job was as a typist. Then she worked as a secretary for a firm of lawyers until the firm dissolved during WWII. She married John D. Callahan on July 18, 1946. They had two daughters, Diane E. (Jain) (Callahan) Moore a costume designer and Kathleen A. (Callahan) Jordan an e-book author.
Irene worked for the New York Central Railroad Reclaimation Plant in the 1940's. The Reclaimation Plant closed in 1964. From there, she went to work for Union Carbide in their Linde` Division until she retired in 1982.
In the 1970's, she bought and operated the Leeward Lounge on Bridge Street. She married Roy L. Talbot in 1976. Irene and Roy Talbot were very active in the Harbor Restoration project and the Ashtabula County License Beverage Association, until 1988. They wore out two RVs. They settled in Kentucky in 2005 when they could no longer travel or battle the Northeastern Ohio winters.
With the help and support of her daughters, Irene published several short stories on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble under the name of I. C. Talbot. She was working on a collection of short stories at the time of her passing.
She is survived by her husband, Roy L. Talbot; her daughters, Diane and Kathleen; her grandsons, Nevin and Carl; and many other beloved members of her extended family.
She will be remembered for her courage and common sense by all whose lives she touched.
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