Obituary of Irene Louise Carmody Schaible
Irene Louise Carmody Schaible, 91, of Moneta/Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Our Lady of the Valley in Roanoke. Irene was born on November 8, 1932, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Cyril and Irene Carmody, on the day of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election to his first term. She graduated from Linden High School in 1950, 4th in her class, and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Cornell University in 1955. When she began working in the operating room, she was one of only two nurses in the entire hospital with a Bachelor’s Degree.
She met her future husband, John, in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, when they were teenagers, and they raised their family in Maplewood and later Warren, New Jersey. Irene left nursing to raise her five children and returned to work at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield, NJ, 18 years later when her youngest started first grade. After retiring from nursing, she worked in the library and guidance department at Pingry School’s campus in Basking Ridge, NJ.
Irene enjoyed playing bridge, knitting, solving crossword puzzles, flower gardening, weeding, and relaxing at the beach or the lake with her family and friends. She retired to Smith Mountain Lake, VA, with her husband in 1994, where she lived for the next 30 years. Irene was a communicant of Our Lady of the Mount Roman Catholic Church in Warren for 30 years and Resurrection Catholic Church in Moneta, Virginia, for the next 30 years.
She is survived by her sons John (Debra) of Lebanon, NJ, Russell (Laura) of Charleston, SC, James (Sonja) of Wirtz, VA, daughter Diane Rosamilia (Steve) of New York City, daughter-in-law Lisa Marazzo of Scotch Plains, NJ, six grandsons, three granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, John, and son Richard.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 17, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Mount R.C. Church - Chapel, 167 Mount Bethel Road, Warren, NJ, followed by a 10:00 a.m. Funeral Mass, and Entombment at Holy Cross Cemetery, 145 Mount Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Irene's memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital would be appreciated
