Irene I. Martin Moss

Irene Martin Moss, born March 14, 1928, in Santa Fe, Oklahoma, passed from this life November 13, 2026. She was the daughter of Sid A. Martin and Ethel May Johnson Martin, and the seventh of eleven children. Irene grew up on a small Oklahoma farm, where she learned the value of hard work, family, and resourcefulness. As her grandson wrote, “Laundry was her job. She learned to sew her own dresses from feed sacks at the age of eight.”

Irene graduated from Alma High School in 1946, where she excelled academically, serving as Valedictorian and Class President. She continued her education at Cameron College, Lawton, Oklahoma graduating in 1948, and later attended Central State College in Edmond.

Irene married Ted A. Moss, and together they had three children: Brad A. Moss (deceased), Karan Moss Ratliff, and Anita Moss Hill. She was blessed with six grandchildren—Todd Moss (Becky), Chuck Seitsinger, Curtis Seitsinger, Amy Shields Landrum (James), Robyn Shields Hays (Nick), and Kimberly Rowe (Lane)—and fourteen great‑grandchildren. Irene is also survived by her sister, Nettie Martin, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Throughout her career, Irene worked as a bookkeeper, including fourteen years at the Safeway Produce Plant, as well as positions at Leadership Square and Central Equipment. After retiring, she continued working at McCall’s Men’s Wear in Edmond, doing expert alterations for six years.

Irene was a woman of extraordinary skill and dedication. She was “the ultimate Suzy Homemaker,” proficient in sewing, quilting, crocheting, gardening, cooking, baking, canning, and candy‑making. Her hands created countless quilts, garments, and meals that warmed generations of family and neighbors. Everyone who knew her carries something she made—whether a quilt, a jar of jelly, or a memory of her hospitality.

She raised her children with strength and devotion, often sacrificing her own comfort so they could have more. As her daughter wrote, “She fed us. She clothed us. She raised us up right.”

Irene lived a life defined by resilience, independence, and love. She drove the Alcan Highway to Alaska alone, took her children on road trips with picnics prepared before dawn, and built her own home later in life on peaceful land near a creek and pond—“what she’d been working for nearly her entire life.”

Her legacy is one of strength, creativity, devotion, and quiet heroism. She leaves behind a family who will forever cherish her memory and the countless ways she shaped their lives.

A graveside service will be conducted Saturday November 21, 2026 at 10:00 am at the Marlow Cemetery.

In Lieu of Flowers donations can be made to Frontier Hospice mailing address 1108 S. 4th St. Suite #200 Chickasha 73018