Private family services will be held on Saturday July 10, 2010, with a public celebration of life and luncheon from 11 until 1 at the Monticello Eagles Club. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello is caring for Irene and her family.

Surviving are 3 children, Sandy (John) Alire, Monticello, Tom (Cathy) Faust, North Liberty, Bob (Kim) Faust, Monticello, 4 grandchildren, Nikki, Brandon, Allison and Makenzie. She was preceded in death by her Parents and 2 brothers, Elmer and Franklin and her former husband Fred Faust.

Irene Mildred Pecka was born December 21, 1928 at Friend, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Frank and Agnes Divoky, Pecka. She graduated from the Swisher and Shueyville Schools, where she active in girls basketball. Irene then went to work at Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids. She later ran the Pine Inn in South West Cedar Rapids with her mother and sister-in-law, Phyllis Pecka. Irene married Fred Faust. The couple built and operated the Dairy Mart located on North Main Street in Monticello. The couple later divorced.