Irene Ruth Foster
General Notes: Per Eileen Carey Rakowski (daugther) -She was born in Arbor Hill section of Albany, NY. Baptized at St. Joseph's Church she attended grammar school there. One of her first employments was making candy at the Martha Washington Candy shop. After the death of her husband she and her daughter Eileen went to live with her parents on Second Avenue. When both parents died in 1941 she went to live with her brother Joseph on Fullerton street. About 1942 she and Eileen found an apartment on Ten Eyck Avenue. Irene returned to work as a telephone operator with the NYCentral RR, a position she had held prior to her marriage. In 1944 her single brother Gerald moved in with her and stayed until his death in 1949. Irene married Leo Vincent Carey, son of Joseph H. Carey and Elizabeth Brophy, in Jun. (Leo Vincent Carey was born on 29 Aug 1895 in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY, died on 1 Jan 1935 and was buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Rensselaer, NY.). The cause of his death was Accidental death. |
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