of Harrison, AR

September 29, 1943 - January 2, 2022

Irene Sykes, age 78, of Harrison, Arkansas, formerly of Upstate New York, died Sunday, January 2, 2022, at the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. She was born September 29, 1943, to Philip and Berta (Koch) Weidle, in Bad Gronenbach, Germany.

Irene moved to the United States in 1973 and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. She married Donald V. Sykes in 1969, who retired from the Air Force CMSGT after 28 years. She was a nurse caring for numerous people throughout New York.

Irene is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Darryl Cooper, of Harrison; her grandchildren, Hanna (Ezekiel), Emmie, Adianna, Mirijam and Noah; her great-granddaughter, Madelynn; her sister Elsbeth; and three brothers, Herbert, Gustav, and Erhardt. She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret; and her brother, Arthur.


Services will be private.

Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Fine, New York.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Christeson Funeral Home
519 North Spring Street
Harrison, AR  72601
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com