Ernest 'Ernie' Ledger

      BRIGHTON - Ernest "Ernie" Ledger, 73, of Brighton, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.

      A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. Open visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton. Visitation will continue Saturday morning at the church, with the family present from 9 a.m. until the time of Mass. Memorials may be directed to the religious education program and choir at St. Joseph and Mother Cabrini churches.

      Mr. Ledger was born on March 15, 1931, near Brighton, to Edward and Margaret (Peck) Ledger. On Nov. 19, 1959, he married Roberta Fedler in Ft. Madison.