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. ...

Charlotte C. Stoll, 90, of State College, died Monday, November 7, 2011, at Foxdale Village.Born May 5, 1921 in Laconia, NH, she was the daughter of the late Frank C. and Marie Philbrook Collins. On June 12, 1943 she married Wayne L. Stoll who preceded her in death on January 15, 2009.She is survived by five children, Sally Brasher and her husband, Tom, of Denver, Co, Susan Darling, of Boulder, Co, Michael ...

Ronald D. Thompson, 61, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa. Per Mr. Thompson?s request, no visitation or service is planned. The body will be cremated. Memorials may be made to the Thompson family. Cards and memorials may be sent to Martha Thompson, 103 E. Walnut St., Eldon 52554. Mr. Thompson was born Sept. 23, 1950, in Fairfield, the son of Geraldine and Rodney ...

Thomas Earl Coffin age 102 of Fairfield died Monday, November 7, 2011 at the Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.He was born July 20, 1909 at home near Pleasant Plain, the son of Charles Everette and Cora Waters Coffin.A lifetime resident of Jefferson County, Earl grew up in the Pleasant Plain community and graduated from the Pleasant Plain Academy in 1927. He graduated from White Business College ...

James Dean Morrow, 46, of Sidney, MT, formerly of Ottumwa, and his longtime companion, Cheryl Johnston, 53, of Sidney, MT died November 1, 2011 as the result of a pickup-train collision north of Sidney, MT.He was born September 20, 1965 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Larry Max and Lillie Marguerite Martsching Morrow Sr.He served in the U.S. Navy on a submarine. A resident of Ottumwa before moving to Sidney, MT, he was ...