Irene Katie Kinsey ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LKKZ-96P.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded renting at 1522 South High Street in Columbus: Walter Beher, optician in own store, 25, living with wife Irene, 23. They and their parents were born in Indiana except Irene's mother in Alsace-Lorraine, France.

2. Census in 1930 in Elmhurst, DuPage, IL. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded renting at 663 Sunnyside Avenue: Walter Beher, auditor for American Art Co., 36, living with wife Irene, 34; son Walter Jr., 9; and daughter Elizabeth, 7. Walter and Irene and their parents were born in Indiana except Irene's mother in France; their children were born in Ohio.

3. Census in 1940 in Elmhurst, DuPage, IL. ¹¹ The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 410 Fairview Avenue: Walter Beher, zone control manager for optical company, 44, living with wife Irene, 43; son Walter J., 18; and daughter Elizabeth. They lived in the same house in 1935. The parents were born in Indiana and their children in Ohio.

4. Obituary: Call-Leader: obituary of Irene Pederson on 22 Aug 1973 in Elwood, Madison, IN. ⁵ Mrs. Irene Pederson, 77, Elmhurst, Ill., died Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. She was the daughter of Harry and Christine Kinsey. She was first married to Walter Beher who died in 1943. She was later married to O. B. Pederson who survives. Surviving with the husband is one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Burton of Villa Park, Ill.; one brother, Jacob Kinsey; one sister, Mrs. Paul (Fern) Terwilliger of Elwood; and several grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Elmhurst.

5. Obituary: Chicago Tribune: obituary of Ireke K. Pederson on 22 Aug 1973 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ Irene K. Pederson, nee Klnsey, of Elmhurst, beloved wife of Oscar B.; fond mother of Elizabeth Burton, Lee Pederson and the late Walter Beher; grandmother of six; great-grandmother of one; sister of Jacob Klnsey and Fern Terwll-llger Member of Villa Park Chapter No. 953, 0. E. S. Resting at the Ahlgrln & Sons Funeral Home, 567 S. Spring Rd., Elmhurst where services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday, Aug. 23. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be aopreclated for the First Congregational United Church of Christ. Visitation 7- P. m. Wednesday. Eastern Star services on Wednesday at 8 p. m. Interment Elm Lawn.

Irene married Walter Edwin Beher Sr., son of Dora Edward Beher and Elizabeth Birt, on 23 Oct 1919 in , Madison, IN.¹ (Walter Edwin Beher Sr. was born on 22 May 1894 in Elwood, Madison, IN,^{2 3 4 12} died on 24 May 1943 in Elmhurst, DuPage, IL ^{3 5 12} and was buried on 27 May 1943 in Addison Township: Elm Lawn Cemetery, DuPage, IL ^{3 12}.)

Irene next married Oscar Ben Pederson. (Oscar Ben Pederson was born on 14 Jun 1901,¹³ died on 6 Jan 1986 in Alma, Gratiot, MI ¹³ and was buried in Holton, Muskegon, MI ¹³.)