Fairfield News

Derrald John ?DJ? Martin, 95, of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant. Interment with military rites will be at Forest Home Cemetery.Visitation with a closed casket is noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the memorial chapel.Memorials have been established for Midwest Old Threshers and the Avenue of ...

Ronald ?Ron? Ryan, 55, died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.The body will be cremated.A service is planned April 21 at Morris Park in Van Buren County.He was born March 21, 1958.

Robert ?Bob? Eugene Wright, 87, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.A funeral is at 11 a.m. Monday at First Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Howard Innis officiating. Burial will be at Clay Cemetery near Richland.Visitation for family and friends is 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene or Parkview ...

Bertha Kurtz Berndt, 92, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Woodland Terrace Assisted Living facility in Cary, N.C.A funeral Mass will be held at a later date at St. Joseph?s Church in East Pleasant Plain. Burial will be at St. Joseph?s Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to St. Michael?s Catholic Church, 17151 88th Ave., Coopersville, MI 49404.Condolences may be made online at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, ...

Dorothy Jane Chasteen Kirkman, 86, of Keosauqua, died at 1:14 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren in Keosauqua.A funeral is at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with Lee McIntosh officiating. Private burial will be in Clover Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ind.Visitation with family present is 5-6 p.m. prior to the service.Memorials to HCI Hospice may be left at the ...

Lela Mae Barker, 88, formerly of Douds, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society?Van Buren in Keosauqua, where she had resided since 2009.A funeral is at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Christ United Methodist Church in Douds, with the Rev. Mark Young officiating. Burial will be in Greenglade Cemetery in Farmington.Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, and again, with family ...

Robert ?Bob? Wright, 87, of Fairfield, died today, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.Arrangements are pending at Behner Funeral Home.On-line condolences can be sent to: behnerfh.com.

Doyle Lee Bishop, 77, of Republic, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at home.A memorial service was held Friday in Springfield, Mo.A local memorial service is planned March 22 at Birmingham First Presbyterian Church.Mr. Bishop was born Sept. 18, 1936, in Brookfield, Mo., the son of Charles Bishop and Lucille Ireland Bishop. He married Darlene Beggs Oct. 10, 1959.He graduated from Birmingham High School in ...