Joe L. Kirkhart

Joe L. Kirkhart, 84, of rural Cantril, died at 11:01 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at home.

A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Russell-Strait Post, will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.

Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 5-7 p.m.

Memorials to Maple Grove Cemetery or Russell-Strait Post may be left at the funeral home or may be mailed to the family at 16411 250th St., Cantril 52542.

Mr. Kirkhart was born Nov. 25, 1926, near Cantril, the son of John and Ethel Bingaman Kirkhart. He married Betty Cazey Oct. 14, 1951, in Cantril.

To see the full obituary, read the March 31, 2011, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.