Irene G. McMurphy, 97-year-old Woodward resident, died Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the Mooreland Heritage Manor. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 18, 2018, in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Janet Fitz officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.

Irene Goldie (Lorenz) McMurphy was born in Blaine County near Okeene, Oklahoma, on January 27, 1921, the daughter of Millie and Emanuel "Sam" Lorenz. She attended Liberty School through fifth grade. Her family then moved to a farm near Reeding and she attended school there. Irene moved to Freedo...