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Obituaries
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Ina Odell
INA ODELL
Washington
Ina Odell, 89, of Washington, Iowa, formerly of Rainelle, W.Va., died Monday, March 31, 2020, at the M.L. McCreedy Home in Washington, Iowa.
Private family services will be held at a later date, with interment in West Virginia. A general memorial has been established. The Jones & Eden Funeral Home of Washington is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent for Ina's family through the web at www.jonesfh.com
Ina was born Nov. 22, 1930, in Squat-N-Dodge, W.Va., the daughter of Robert and Osie (McClung) Walton. She attended school in West Virginia. Ina was united in marriage to James Lee Cook. They later divorced.
Ina had lived in Washington County since 1990. She worked as a seamstress and a homemaker. Ina enjoyed traveling and going on long walks. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.
She is survived by six children, Carol Russo of Chetek, Wis., Donald Hedrick, James Fair and wife Carolyn of Oil City, Pa., Bruce Miller and wife Lisa of Wayland, Iowa, Charlotte Cook of Pensacola, Fla., and Sharon Flud and husband Bob of Brighton, Iowa; 26 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; five siblings, Vaden "Mac" Walton of Fredricksburg, Va., Elsie Carathers and husband Leon of Covington, Va., Eldon Walton and wife Jean of Covington, Va., Elmer Walton and wife Tammy of Hopewell, Va., and Elva Clark and husband Harold of Covington, Va.; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Ina was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Ronald Hedrick and Vernon Cook; one sister, Frances Osborne; and one brother, Samuel "Jack" Walton.

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