Cecil Abram Zehr

Cecil Abram Zehr, age 85 of Fairfield, passed away at 6:10 a.m. August 19, 2010 at the Jefferson County Health Center.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010 at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Frances Baumert officiating. Military Rites will be held at the church, with Jeff Six as the bugler. The body will be cremated.

Masonic Rites will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 20, 2010 at Behner Funeral Home. Visitation will follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shriner?s Children?s Hospital or American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Iowa City and sent to Jean Zehr 1919 Spruce Ave. Fairfield, Iowa 52556.

Cecil was born January 22, 1925 in Frytown, Iowa to Abraham K. and Lucy Mae Eash Zehr. He married Jean Payton on January 20, 1955 in Illinois.

To see the full paid obituary, read the Aug. 20, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.