ST. JAMES — Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Irma Luz Waldrep, 64, went to be with her Lord Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.
Irma was born Dec. 5, 1952, in Bridgeport, Conn., to the late Rafael and Marie Suner. She moved with family to Puerto Rico about 1960, where she learned Spanish.
She knew early that she wanted to be a nurse. She attended the University of Maryland obtaining her B.S. in nursing in 1980. She later attended Catholic University, where she acquired her M.S. in nursing in 2002.
She joined the U.S. Navy as an enlisted member rising through the ranks to finish her career as a commander. Her naval career was in pediatric care at Bethesda Naval Hospital as a nurse practitioner.
Irma married Bradley Lloyd Waldrep on Oct. 10, 1998, at the First Baptist Church of Waldorf, Waldorf, Md. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Michelle Marie Gregory of Waldorf, Md.; brother, Rafael Suner Jr. of Slidell, La.; three sisters, Carmen Gonzalez of Lebanon, Pa., Ada Suner of Caguas, P.R. and Yolanda Baker of West Hanover, N.J.; and her first husband, Lynn Byron Gregory of Indianapolis, Ind.
A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 26, at Beach Road Baptist Church, Southport, with the Rev. Daniel Justice officiating. A reception will follow the service in the church fellowship hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Duke University Cancer Center.
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