Irene A. Ryan

She is survived by her two sons Theodore J. Ryan Jr. and Robert Roy Ryan and her daughter Diana Page Steele and many grandchildren. She married Theodore J. Ryan Sr. of New York City when he was on military assignment to Newfoundland. She worked in the psychiatric nursing field in up-state New York. She has been a longtime supporter of the St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus women’s auxiliary and was instrumental in the development of the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church during its construction. She enjoyed big band era music, ballroom dancing and square dancing.

The family is planning a quiet Funeral mass with friends and family at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Palm Bay on Monday November 13th at 11:00am with interment at St Joseph’s cemetery on Miller Street.

For those wishing to send expressions of sympathy Irene requested donations be sent to the St. Jude Hospital for Sick Children.

Arrangements under the direction of Fountainhead Funeral Home, Palm Bay, FL.