Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Edward W. IRWIN
Edward W. Irwin, 86, of Coatesville, died at home Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
He was the husband of Jean Hope Irwin, with whom he celebrated 62 years of marriage in January of this year.
He was the only son of Edward H. and Mary Emma Narvel Irwin. A 1939 graduate of Coatesville High School, he earned a B.S. in public school music at West Chester State Teachers College. Considered a part of the class of 1943, his graduation from college was interrupted by World War II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After the war, he completed his degree at West Chester in 1947 and, in 1951, earned an M.S. in public school administration from the University of Pennsylvania.
He graduated from the Army Dental laboratory at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. and served as a dental prosthetic technician overseas for 42 months with the Third General Hospital Division.
He began his 34-year career of teaching instrumental music at the Downingtown Junior and Senior High schools from 1947 until 1953. In 1952, the senior class of Downingtown High School dedicated its yearbook to him.
In 1953, he began working for Sun Pipeline Co., where he stayed until 1958, when he returned to teaching in the Brandywine Area School District, now merged into the Coatesville Area, and continued at North Brandywine Junior High School, (now Middle School) until his retirement in 1984.
Formerly a member of the Olivet Methodist Church in Coatesville, he later became a member and ruling elder at the Fairview Presbyterian Church in Glenmoore, serving as the adult choir director for about 20 years. For the last 30 years, he was an active member and ruling elder at the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church in Parkesburg.
A funeral service was held Monday, March 31, at Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Parkesburg.
Interment was in the Upper Octorara Cemetery.
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