Obituaries

Kara Manning and Robert Parish, along with their families, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-elect is the daughter of Chris and Joni Manning of Fairfield. She employed as the assistant controller/accounting manager at Hillphoenix Specialty in Keosauqua.The groom-elect is the son of Sue and Philip Cronk of Keosauqua and the late Danny ?Bucky? Parish. He is employed at Hillphoenix Specialty ...

A Jefferson County Hunger Dialogue is scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Club Room.A Hunger Dialogue is an inclusive platform for open communication about food issues in the community, explained Dee Sandquist, a dietitian and certified diabetes educator at the Fairfield Hy-Vee. Participants will learn about the face of hunger and will have the opportunity to discuss ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through June 25.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of June 26 through July 2 published in The Ledger June 24 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify if ...

Volunteers needed for Bible reading marathonThe historical Iowa 99 County Bible Reading Marathon will place June 30 through July 3 in front of all 99 courthouses, including the Jefferson County Courthouse in Fairfield.The public is invited to participate in a continuous reading of the whole Bible, beginning with Genesis at 8 a.m. June 30, reading day and night until the concluding of Revelation at about 5 p.m. ...

Immanuel Lutheran Church held Barnyard Roundup vacation Bible school this week. The children learned that Jesus cares, provides, leads, forgives and saves them now and forever. The week?s activities centered on Psalm 23, ?The Lord is my shepherd.?

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregant meals menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? cream turkey, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, wheat dinner roll or bread with margarine.Tuesday ? Salisbury steak and gravy, potatoes ...

Dr. M. Neil and Karen Crossland will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary Saturday.M. Neil Crossland and Karen Flick were married June 18, 1976, at St. Brigid?s Catholic Church in Liberty, Illinois, with the Rev. Leo Sestak officiating.Dr. Crossland has been in practice as a chiropractor since 1978, and Mrs. Crossland is his office manager and also a substitute teacher in the Fairfield Community School ...

Each school year, grade-level teachers at Fairfield Middle School are asked to nominate students who consistently display Trojan PRIDE in and out of the classroom.Trojan PRIDE stands for: Prepared to learn; Respectful to self and others; Integrity in our actions; Dependable; Environmentally aware and safe.These students were selected by their teachers and recognized at the end-of-year assembly June 6 at FMS. ...

Mike and Deb Greenfield of Douds announce the engagement of their daughter Emily to Tylor Pilcher of Fairfield.The bride-elect is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa and is employed as a physical therapy assistant with Select Rehabilitation.The groom-elect is the son of Jesse and Suella Pilcher of Fairfield and Kelly Laughlin and Kevin of Douds. He is a 2007 graduate of Fairfield High School and attended ...

Rose Breakfast set ThursdayThe annual Rose Breakfast will be 9 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church.Herb Shafer will present the program ?For A Time Such as This: A First Person Narrative.?Reservations should be made with Bernita Pettit at 472-5286 or dbpettit@lisco.com. Discipleship Kick-Starter begins WednesdayFirst Baptist Church is offering a Discipleship Kick-Starter beginning Wednesday.Runni...