Fairfield News

Betty Frances (Lunsford) Crawford 89 years of age Fairfield, Iowa, died at home peacefully, October 1st, 2012. She was cremated at Behner Funeral Home, Fairfield, Iowa.A Celebration of Life will be held November 3rd, at the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit on Court St., east side of the square from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm with a reception following immediately thereafter.She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on July ...

Frankie Pearl Dressendofer Beatty Schaub was taken by her Lord and Savior to join him in Heaven on October 8, 2012. She was born April 7, 1922 to Charles and Mae Sheehan Dressendofer near Claudell, New Mexico. Among the last of the pioneers, Frankie was born on land homesteaded by her father when New Mexico became a state in 1912 and she was the 69th birth registered in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. Her family ...

Mary Jo Newland Bergland, 72, recently of McHenry, Ill., died of breast cancer Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Centegra Hospital in McHenry.Memorial services are Saturday at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill.Cards may be sent to Gary at 28826 Manitoba, McHenry, IL 60051.Mrs. Bergland was born Sept. 23, 1940, the daughter of Charles E. and Dorothy Hull Newland of Batavia. She married Gary ...

Bertha C. McIntosh, 84, of Keosauqua, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Center Chapel United Methodist Church southeast of Keosauqua with the Rev. Douglas Harding officiating. Burial will be in Wolfe Cemetery.Visitation is at 2 p.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua with family present from 5-7 p.m.Memorials may be made to Center Chapel ...

Frankie D. Beatty Schaub, 90, of Fairfield, died Monday morning at Jefferson County Health Center.Arrangements are pending at Behner Funeral Home.

Elizabeth ?Libby? Rose Woodruff, 85, of Milton, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Society in Keosauqua.A private family memorial service will be at a later date. The body has been cremated. Pedrick Funeral Home is handling arrangements.Memorials may be made to Good Samaritan Society or Good Samaritan Hospice. Cards and memorials can be mailed to 24668 V56, Milton 52570.Ms. Woodruff was born ...

Merle Edward Adler, 64, of Fairfield, died Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, at the Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.A funeral is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints with the Rev. Jason Titze officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.Visitation will be at Raymond Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday ...

Alden Lowell Doud, 77, of Iowa City, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coralville.A burial liturgy service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City with the Rev. Benjamin Webb and the Rev. Michael Lankford officiating. Visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. at the church.A funeral is at 11 a.m. Friday at Mount Moriah Church in Douds, with the ...