{"id":4282,"date":"2007-07-23T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2008-09-19T10:05:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T14:05:56","slug":"eugene-w-%e2%80%98birdie%e2%80%99-igou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=4282","title":{"rendered":"Eugene W. \u2018Birdie\u2019 Igou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10023_veteransw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4283\" title=\"10023_veteransw\" src=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10023_veteransw-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10023_veteransw-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10023_veteransw.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>Eugene W. \u201cBirdie\u201d Igou, 84, of Tyrone, formerly of Bellwood, died Friday, July 20, 2007 at Tyrone Hospital Emergency Room.<br \/>\nHe was born October 4, 1922 in Tyrone a son of the late Lester C. and Edna R. (Higley) Igou. He married Ethel V. Van Allman on August 28, 1956 in Winchester, Va.<br \/>\nSurviving are his wife; a son: Ronald E. of Chambersburg; step-daughter: Margie A. Frye of Tyrone; seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and a sister: Isabelle E. Igou of Cincinnati, OH.<br \/>\nHe was preceded in death by a daughter: Ginger Farrenburg.<br \/>\nBirdie retired in 1984 as a layout man with Berwin Railway Co. Hollidaysburg after 18 years of service. He also served 14 years as a laborer at Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood and had 20 years of service as an installer at Burley Brothers Bottled Gas, Tyrone.<br \/>\nMr. Igou was an Army veteran serving during World War II in the European Theater. He was a sergeant with the 102nd reconicine troop mechanized unit.<br \/>\nBirdie enjoyed bowling and sports.<br \/>\nAt the request of the deceased, there will be no viewing or visitation or funeral services.<br \/>\nInterment at Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood.<br \/>\nArrangements are by Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene W. \u201cBirdie\u201d Igou, 84, of Tyrone, formerly of Bellwood, died Friday, July 20, 2007 at Tyrone Hospital Emergency Room. He was born October 4, 1922 in Tyrone a son of the late Lester C. and Edna R. (Higley) Igou. He married Ethel V. Van Allman on August 28, 1956 in Winchester, Va. Surviving are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}