Irene (nee Iles) Clark "Rene" passed away peacefully at Lanark Lodge in Perth on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 at the age of 97. Beloved wife of the late Leonard George Clark. Much loved mother of Anne Clark of Perth and Marian Clark (Lorne Sheridan) of Ottawa. Loved aunt of Tom (Glenna) Clark, Richard (Penumpai) Iles, Elisabeth Iles and Charlotte (Nigel) Sallabank and great-aunt of James and Alexander Iles and Eleanor, Catherine, Laura, Fred and Jennifer Sallabank. Predeceased by her parents Alfred Iles and Charlotte Isabella (Heudebourck) Iles. Irene was a war bride who met Leonard in a pub while he was training in Hastings. Leonard went off to the battlefields in Italy and Irene returned to London. She was an accomplished stenographer and worked in the War Office in London during WWII. Some two years later, after being freed as a prisoner of war in Italy, Leonard returned to London, was reunited with Irene and they were married a week later on June 23, 1945. In April of 1946 Irene boarded The Aquitania and set sail for Canada settling in Smiths Falls and more recently living in Aylmer, Quebec and Perth. She loved Canada, but the UK always had a special place in her heart. She will be sadly missed, but fondly remembered by her family and friends here and in the UK. Family and friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 112 Beckwith St. N., Smiths Falls on Monday, November 10, 2014 from 12 noon until service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Interment, St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Smiths Falls. In memory of Irene, contributions to the Lanark Lodge Programming Enhancement Fund or the C. N. I. B. would be appreciated.