Saratoga Springs - Irene M. Duval, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs after a long struggle with Alzheimers disease. She was 89. Born Dec. 9, 1920, in Delhi, NY she was the much loved only child of the late Lynn and Lyda (Miner) Aitken. Irene graduated from Hunter-Tannersville High school in Hunter, NY. She attended secretarial school in Albany, NY and worked at Montgomery Wards in Albany for several years. Irene married Louis Peter Duval in 1946. They settled in Saratoga and enjoyed a long and happy marriage of more than 50 years. Irene spent her early married years raising and caring for family members. She had happy memories of the friends she make while working at Colamarias Restaurant on the West side of Saratoga. She also worked for many years at the Saratoga Raceway charting races. She was proud of her parents accomplishments as standardbred trainers and especially proud of her mother, Lyda, being named as the first Horsewoman of the Year. She frequently helped them as a groom. Irene worked for many years as a medical assistant for Dr. Grace Swanner and later for Drs. Moore, Rockwell and Isenberg. She was also a licensed masseuse. An accomplished hunter, having won sharpshooter awards as a young woman Irene also enjoyed trout fishing with family and friends. Irenes passion, however, was participating in singing and performing barbershop harmony music with the Sweet Adelines. She was a member for more than thirty years and belonged to many different choruses and quartets over the years. She and Lou traveled abroad and throughout the U.S. with the many friends they made in that organization. Irene had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed gatherings with friends for bowling, playing cards, singing, playing piano and spending time with her family. She cultivated many friends, through the racing industry and through singing and held them as most precious. In addition to her parents, Irene is predeceased by her husband, Louis. Survived include her two daughters, Linda Coon and her husband, William Coon and Patricia Duval and her husband, Monte Franke, all of Saratoga Springs; three grandchildren, David Coon, Jeffrey Coon and Sara Franke and one great grandchild Mia Coon, daughter of David Coon. Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 N. Broadway (584-5373). A graveside service for family and close friends will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at St. Peters Cemetery, West Ave., Saratoga Springs. The family would like to express their profound gratitude for the wonderful care Irene received over the last twelve years from the Evergreen Adult Day Care and Wesley Health Care. Memorials may be sent to the Wesley Foundation, 131 Lawrence St, Saratoga Springs NY 12866, and will be directed to the Evergreen Adult Day Care program. online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.