Obituaries

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 ...

Russell ?Russ? Harward, 76, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., passed away January 15, 2014. He was born December 12, 1937 in Douds, Iowa to Lowell and Hazel Wiley Harward.Russ was a devoted family man with a keen sense of humor. He loved golf and fishing. Russ also enjoyed wood working and skeet shooting.He is predeceased by his parents; brothers, Richard, Robert and Rex Harward; and son, Greg Harward.Russ is ...

Bettye Bartholow, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and formerly of Libertyville and Fairfield, died Wednesday evening, Jan. 22, 2014, at home.Funeral arrangements are pending at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.

A memorial gathering for Dorothy Bainbridge begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield VFW Post.All family and friends are invited to come and share memories of Mrs. Bainbridge who died Jan. 2, 2014 in Fairfield.A full obituary was published in the Jan. 6 Ledger.

Rex Levi Jameson, formerly of Fairfield, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, Ill.Services are pending at Behner Funeral Home.On-line condolences can be sent to behnerfh.com.