Irene - Wife of Reece Maupin

The Twenty-Third Psalm

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

Irene Maupin, 84, Washington, Ia., formerly of Mexico, died at 7:05 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 2003, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Stevens officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home. Burial will be in Auxvasse Cemetery.

Mrs. Maupin was born on Jan. 20, 1918, in Bachelor, Mo., a daughter of David Rudy and Lena Gertrude Meador Woodson. On Feb. 10, 1940, in Holts Summit, she married Reece H. Maupin who survives in Washington. She was a graduate of Auxvasse High School, and had worked as a caseworker for Audrain County Division of Family Services until she retired. Mr. and Mrs. Maupin moved to Iowa in 1995 to be near family.

In addition to her husband, survivors include one son, David H. Maupin and wife Mary Jo, Solon, Ia.; one daughter, Deetrice Shaull and husband Harley, Troy; two grandchildren, David Scott Maupin, Oak Park, Calif., and Tandi Shaull, St. Louis; a nephew, Harris Maupin, Hillsboro, and a niece, Cheryl Bell, Mexico.

One brother, Lynn David Woodson, and one sister, Carlene Gertrude Woodson Maupin, preceded her in death.