Lorene Kay Brezo

Lorene Kay Brezo

Lorene Kay Brezo

1948-2016

Lorene Kay Brezo, age 68, formerly of Corning, Bedford and Lenox, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Village Care Center in Maryville, Missouri. No services are scheduled. Memories may be shared with the family at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.

Lorene Kay (Carr) Brezo was born October 6, 1948, in Creston, Iowa the daughter of Dale Carr and Erma Blanche (Bayman) Carr. She grew up in the Corning area, graduating from Corning High School with the Class of 1967. As a student, Lorene always maintained good grades. After graduation she attended a one year business course at the CE School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating in 1968.

Lorene worked as a medical secretary at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Omaha. In 1984, she was united in marriage to Bill Brezo. In 1996, Bill passed away.

Lorene possessed a photographic memory with the ability to remember dates and past events with remarkable ease. She also had a tremendous vocabulary and loved writing and reading books. She was fortunate to have some of her short stories published in magazines while she was in high school.

Left to cherish Lorene’s memory are her four siblings, sister Nadine Bradway and husband Lawrence of Lindale, Texas; brother Jerry Carr of Corning, Iowa; sister Janice Jennings and husband Roy of Bedford, Texas; and sister Avis Curphey and husband Lloyd of Maryville, Missouri; along with many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Preceding Lorene in death are her parents, Dale and Erma Carr; and her husband Bill Brezo.

May Lorene be at peace in God’s loving care.