Katherine Irene Mitchum

Katherine Irene Mitchum, 85, of Bridgeport, Texas got her angel wings Thursday, April 21, 2022. Funeral service will be Monday, April 25, at 2:00 pm at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home, officiated by Dr. Shawn Brewer.  Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery in Decatur, Texas. Visitation will be Sunday, 4:00 – 6:00 pm at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport.

She was born in Decatur, TX on August 30, 1936, to Frank Rowe and Virginia Whitten Rowe. She married Richard Mitchum on February 18, 1952.

Irene is preceded in death by her husband, Richard Mitchum; parents, Frank and Virginia Rowe; brothers, John Franklin Rowe, Bill Rowe; and grandson Chad Potts.

She is survived by daughters Debra Potts and husband Robbie, Brenda Begeman and husband Barry, and Shari Schaefer and husband Darrell; six grandchildren: Bryant Potts and wife Lindsay, Jonathan Potts and wife Sonia, Jeremy Begeman, Julie Drevecky and husband Cary, Nicole Singleton and husband Quinton, and Kenny Lanzalaco; seven great-grandchildren: Corbin Potts, Eli Smith, Allie Begeman, Mikayla Drevecky, Makenzie Drevecky, Q.J. Singleton, and Peyton Singleton.

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