Fairfield News

Ruby Louise Dimmitt, 76, of Fairfield, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Word of Life Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Jamie Strickler officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.??Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home.??Memorials may be made to the Fairfield Public Library. Cards and memorials may be ...

Marjorie A. Manning, 87, formerly of Batavia, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Gordon Oliver officiating. Interment will be in Brethren Cemetery near Batavia.Family visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.Memorials have been established for Hospice Compassus,...

James Christopher Day, 57, of Fairfield, died at home.Arrangements are pending at Behner Funeral Home.

Madelyn M. Davis, 87, of Keosauqua, died at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Leando Cemetery, Douds.Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will be present 5-7 p.m.Mem...

Madelyn M. Davis, 87, of Keosauqua, died at 6:50 a.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

Louella H. Tweedy, 85, of Des Moines, formerly of Douds, died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at Genesis Senior Living Center in Des Moines.A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the Rev. George Edgerly officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery, north of Douds.Family visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.Memorials to the family may be left at the ...

James Robert Wilson, age 62, died at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, IA on November 20th, 2011, after a battle with ALS.James, better known as Bob, was born on January 1, 1949, to LaVerne and Marie Wilson, in Fairfield, IA. James served in the United States Air Force from 1968-1972, attaining the rank of Sergeant, and served in Vietnam. He married Paula Joy Boyd on November 26th, 1977 in Fairfield, ...

Roy H. Ford, 91, longtime Milton resident, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Crestview Manor in Crestview, Fla. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. The body has been cremated. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Russell-Strait Post, will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton.Family visitation will be 1-2 p.m. ...