Irene lived at Killarney, WV until 1942 at which time she moved to the Crab Orchard area for the remainder of her life. She was of the Baptist faith and was retired from the office staff of UMWA Health and Retirement Funds. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry O'Shinski; by an infant son, Jerry Wayne O'Shinski; by three sisters, Geneva Walker, Waneda Whitt and Maxine Cormack; and by a brother, Mack Canterbury.