Obituaries

Jean Ann Smith, 69, of Fairfield, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.A memorial Mass is 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Nick Adam officiating. Interment of cremains will be at a later date.Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.In lieu of flowers, memorials have been designated to Jefferson County ...

Ada Josephine Myers, 96, of Keosauqua, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren in Keosauqua.A memorial service and burial of cremains in Fellows Cemetery, Keosauqua, will be at a later date.Memorials to Van Buren County Food Bank or Fellows Cemetery may be mailed to the family at 17073 235th St., Keosauqua 52565.Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua is assisting the familyMrs. Myers was ...

Glenna L. Fordyce, 94, of Fairfield, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.A funeral is 1 p.m. Saturday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim Cecil officiating. Interment will be in the Fell Cemetery near Libertyville.Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.Online condolences may be sent to www.raymondfuneralhomes.com.Mrs. Fordyce ...

Betty C. Witzenburg, 92 of rural Fremont, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at the Vista Woods Care Center in Ottumwa.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery.Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel, with family present from 5-7 p.m. to greet visitors.Memorials may be ...

Edith Mae Baker, 91, of Washington, Iowa, died Saturday Feb. 1, 2014, at McCreedy Home in Washington.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Brighton United Church, with the Rev. Rick Zickefoose officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery north of Fairfield.Family will greet friends at the church 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday, the hour immediately preceding the funeral.Memorials for the Antioch Cemetery may be ...

Charles E. ?Chuck? Hootman, 82 of Washington, Iowa, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at Parkview Manor in Wellman.Services will be held at a later date.A memorial fund has been established for the HCI Hospice of Mt. Pleasant.Mr. Hootman was born May 26, 1931, in Fairfield, the son of Fred and Eva Philips Hootman. He married Betty DeWolf Sept. 9, 1950, in Fairfield.He attended Fairfield High School and joined ...

Earl Allen Wilcoxson, 70, of Milton died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.A memorial service will be held at a later date. The body has been cremated.Memorials to the family may be mailed to P.O. Box 65, Milton 52570.Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua is assisting the family.Mr. Wilcoxson was born Aug. 25, 1943, in Quincy, Ill., the son of Earl A. Sr. and Mary ...

Earl L. Keyser, 70, of North Liberty, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at Windmill Manor in Coralville, Iowa, following a courageous battle with Parkinson?s disease.To further the research for Parkinson?s disease, Earl chose to donate his body to The University of Iowa Deeded Body Program. No public services will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the ...

Thelma Maxwell Hill, 76, of Madison, Wis., died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014.She was born Feb. 7, 1937, the daughter of Virgil and Berniece Maxwell.Services are private.Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

Rex Levi Jameson, 82, of Burlington, and formerly of Birmingham, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Ill.A funeral is at 1 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Charles E. Comfort officiating. Burial with military rites will follow the service at Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.The family is not having a visitation.Memorials may be made to ...