Ruth E. Bell

Ruth E. Bell, 67, of rural Mount Sterling, died at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.

      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Mike Shea officiating. Burial will be in Fellows Cemetery in Keosauqua.

      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with family present from 7-8 p.m.

      Memorials to the family may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 27183 Lark Ave., Mount Sterling 52573.

      Mrs. Bell was born Aug. 11, 1938, in Cantril, the daughter of Eugene and Willa Cantril Magorian. She married Clarence L. Bjork Jr. They divorced. She married James S. Bell March 24, 1981, in Rock Island, Ill.

For a complete obituary, read the April 13 Fairfield Ledger.