ESTHER (KINGREY) BREEN WAS BORN FEBRUARY 8, 1940 AT HOME IN MARION COUNTY, IOWA TO FRED AND MABEL (DEITRICK) KINGREY. SHE GRADUATED FROM ATTICA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO BERT BREEN JR IN DECEMBER, 1960. TO THIS UNION, TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN: TODD J BREEN AND JULIA A BREEN STIER. BERT AND ESTHER WERE OWNERS OF BERT BREEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND SKUNK RIVER VALLEY CONCRETE UNTIL BERT'S DEATH IN 1978. ESTHER RETIRED AS PROJECT COORDINATOR FROM ELDER CORPORATION IN 2013.

SHE LEAVES HER SON, TODD, DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, JULIA AND BRAD, GRANDSON, BRAYDEN AND GRANDDAUGHTER, BREEN, AND HER BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER-IN-LAW, MERLE AND ANNA MAE VICKROY, AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, BERT, HER PARENTS, FRED AND MABEL KINGREY, BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, DONALD AND VIRGINIA KINGREY, SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, FREDENE AND ARMAND RAVERA, SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MARCELLENE AND BOB NICHOLS, SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, COLLEEN AND DON HAUG, FATHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, BERT SR. AND ETHEL BREEN,SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, BLANCHE AND CHUCK CREWS, SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MARGARET AND JUNIOR KLEIN AND SISTER-IN-LAW, HENRIETTA SPOELSTRA.

GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026, AT 11:00AM AT WAVELAND CEMETERY IN PRAIRIE CITY. THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIEND ON MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026 FROM 5:00 - 7:00 PM AT COBURN FUNERAL HOME IN PRAIRIE CITY. MEMORIALS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE ALTOONA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CONDOLENCES MAY BE LEFT FOR THE FAMILY AT www.coburnfuneralhomes.com