Irma J. French

Irma J. French, 88, of Rock Island, Illinois, died Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at her home in Friendship Manor, Rock Island.

Services are 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30, in the Horizon Room at Trimble Funeral Home at Trimble Pointe, 701 12th Street, Moline, and will be livestreamed. Visitation is one hour prior to services. The use of masks and social distancing will be required. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Friendship Manor.

Irma Jean Harkcom was born September 17, 1932, in Moline, to Edward and Henrietta (Samuelson) Harkcom. She married Bernard Royce French on October 18, 1964, in Moline. He died January 5, 2017.

Irma worked for the Augustana Book Concern, John Deere, and the Daily Dispatch. She retired from the Moline Board of Education, serving as recording secretary for the board and secretary for special education.

She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moline, where she sang in the choir, played in bell choir, was active in the Anna Unit, and helped run the kitchen for funeral luncheons. She enjoyed knitting, sewing, working on crossword puzzles, and playing Bridge and other card games. Above all else, family was the most important thing to Irma, especially traveling and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Irma is survived by two children, Cheryl (Patrick) Markley of Louisville, Kentucky, and Timothy (Michelle) French of Dubuque, Iowa; five grandchildren, Kenna and Ella Markley, Emily (Brian) Ensign, and Nick and Michael French; two great-granddaughters, Eliza Wisdom and Phoenix Joy Ensign; and a sister-in-law, Marilyn Edmondson of California. She was preceded in death by her husband, and siblings, Vernon Harkcom, Loretta Rummery, and Elaine Henricksen.

Watch Irma’s funeral service and leave condolences on her obituary page at TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.