Obituaries

Drexel Major, 78, of Batavia, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center in Iowa City.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church in Batavia, with the Revs. Thomas Shipley and Charles Courtney officiating. Interment will be in Batavia Cemetery.      Open visitation will begin at noon Tuesday at Kremer Funeral Chapel in Batavia, with family present from 6-8 p.m.      Memorials

Richard James "Dutch" Russell Sr., 87, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial of cremains will be at a later date.      Visitation, with the family present, will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      In lieu of flowers, memorials to be

Thomas F. Schrader, 63, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Monday, Feb. 5, at the Henry County Health Center.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel.

WAYLAND - Margaret Fay Hesseltine, 89, of Wayland died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 in the Parkview Home in Wayland following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Burial will be in the Sandy Hook Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to

KALONA - Lloyd R. Swartzendruber, 91, of Kalona died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in Pleasantview Home in Kalona after a lingering illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5 in West Union Mennonite Church in Parnell with the Rev. David Boshart and the Rev. Helen Yoder officiating. Burial will be prior to the memorial service in West Union Cemetery, near Parnell. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m.

SILVIS, Ill. - Leona M. Garrett, 86, of Silvis, Ill., formerly of Mt. Pleasant died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in the Illini Restorative Care Center in Silvis.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5 in the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. A family visitation will be at 10 a.m. Monday,

Leona M. Garrett, 86, of Silvis, Ill., formerly of Mount Pleasant, died at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Illini Restorative Care Center in Silvis.      A service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.      Open visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Family visitation will begin at

Leona M. Garrett, 86, of Silvis, Ill., and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died on Thursday Feb. 1, at the Illini Restorative Care Center in Silvis.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, at the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Open visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4. The family visitation will be at 10 a.m.,

William Edwin Stearns, 69, of Weatherford, Texas, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in a Fort Worth hospital.      A service was held Jan. 22 at Biggers Funeral Chapel in Lake Worth, Texas. Burial was in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.      Condolences may be sent to Dorene A. Stearns, 105 Imperial Mammoth Valley Lane, Weatherford, TX 76085.For a complete obituary, read the Feb. 2 Fairfield Ledger.

Robert A. Gaskell, 65, of Mount Zion, died at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Bill Shewmaker officiating. Burial with military rites by American Legion Beer-Barker Post No. 113 of Keosauqua will be in Pittsburg Cemetery.      Open visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at the