Irene Oliver Blades Obituary
We are sad to announce that on August 29, 2024, at the age of 94, Irene Oliver Blades of Kentwood, Louisiana, born in Mount Hermon, Louisiana passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Irene Oliver farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Irene Oliver is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her husband Merton E. Blades; her parents, Jimmy Oliver and Pearl Schilling Oliver Mulkey; and her daughter Connie L. Peacock (Jerry). She is survived by: her sons, Jerry E. Blades of West Monroe, LA, Larry M. Blades (Patricia) of Dubach, LA and Lonnie E. Blades (Denise) of Sterlington, LA. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
