Irene Ruby Kaster (Neumann) was born September 18, 1923 in Elgin, North Dakota to John Neumann and Christina Neumann (Baisch) and passed peacefully on September 19, 2015 in Sandy, Oregon.
A celebration of Irene's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Mt. View Cemetery in Oregon City.
She attended the local Elgin grade school and graduated from Elgin High School. As a teenager, she worked part time at the small telephone office in Elgin. This gave her PBX experience that she used later in her civilian job at the Coast Guard Office in downtown Seattle, Washington during the war years. She remembered being on duty when the call came that the war was over. Everyone rushed out to celebrate, but she had to finish her shift first. She settled in Portland, Oregon where she met and married Ernest Kaster.
She remained a homemaker, raising three children, Michael Kaster (Deanna), Peter Kaster (Nancy), and Kandy Clark (Dennis - deceased). The family moved several times between Portland, Oregon, Ventura, California, and Lodi, California. Irene and her husband finally settled in Sandy, Oregon to be near family. Irene was preceded in death by her parents and 11 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her children, her step-son Ellis Kaster (Linda), her grandchildren Kelly (George), Jenny, Corey, Karmenn (Chris), Eric (Sattie), Kurt, Kevin (Melissa), Keith (Peggy) , 14 great grandchildren, 3 great, great grandchildren, her brother Calvin Neumann (Gina – deceased) , her sister June Jensen (Leslie – deceased) and many, nieces and nephews . Graveside service pending. Remembrances may be made to: Mt. Hood Hospice in Sandy, Oregon.