Irene Bozarth

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Irene Bozarth, 86, Stonefort, died 4:20 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Saline Care Center, Harrisburg.

Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills with the Rev. Jeff Owens officiating. Burial will be in Reynoldsburg Cemetery near Ozark. Visitation is 11 a.m. to service time Saturday at the funeral home.

She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Johnson County to the late Garfield and Eva Mae (Yandell) Choate. She married Ed Bozarth on Dec. 17, 1956, and he preceded her in death in 1977.

She attended the Stonefort General Baptist Church.

She is survived by a brother, Carl (Jo) Choate of New Burnside; two nieces, Brenda Dixon of Big Rock and Kelly Zaranti of Harrisburg; and three nephews, Marty Choate of New Burnside, Randy Choate of Ozark and Brian Choate of Marion.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and a sister, Beulah Breeden.