Irma Spencer Dietze, 100, Henderson, died at 3:21 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2016, at Redbanks.
She was a member of First Christian Church where she was an Elder Emeritus and past president of the Christian Women's Fellowship. Irma was a retired City of Henderson employee of 34 years and was named Business Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Woman's Club in 1979. She was a life member of the local chapter of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles D. Oakley, who died April 25, 1967; her second husband, Dr. Charles E. Dietze, who died June 25, 1996; her parents, Owen and Mamie Eakins Spencer; and her sister and brother-in-law, Elsie and Clyde Whitledge.
Survivors include her stepdaughter, Mary K. Ballance and her husband, James Franklin Ballance; her stepson, Charles William Dietze and Donna Dove; two stepgrandsons, Samuel Cooper Ballance and his wife, Jody, and C.W. Ballance and his wife, Megan; and four stepgreat-grandchildren, Breanna Ballance, Mia Ballance, Liam Ballance, and Lukas Ballance.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church. Dr. Chuck Summers, Dr. Lon Oliver, and the Reverend Amy Cates will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery.
Friends may call after 9 a.m. Monday at the church.
Pallbearers will be Bill Campbell, Gale Myers, Sonny Beaven, Donald Lacer, David McKechnie, Bill Aldridge, and John Edwards.
Honorary pallbearers will be Elders of First Christian Church.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to First Christian Church.
Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.