Irene Gaines, daughter of the late Charles E. Hoffman and Levie K. Norman Hoffman was born on May 17, 1914 in Dexter, Missouri and died on April 25, 2013 at the Mary Culver Home in Kirkwood, Missouri at the age of 98.

Mrs. Gaines was a retired seamstress at Elders Manufacturing in Dexter.  She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Dexter.

On December 17, 1932 she was united in marriage to Keith R. “Smokey” Gaines in Clarkton, Missouri.  Mr. Gaines preceded her in death on May 13, 1995.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, John C. Gaines and wife Mary of Clarksville, Arkansas; by one daughter and son-in-law, Carol Lato and husband Dominic of St. Louis, Missouri; by five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, who lived locally, Elmer Hoffman and Ernest Hoffman and by two sisters.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 5:00P.M. until 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Danny Collins officiating.

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.