Obituaries
Robert W. Frescoln
Nov 10, 2023
Robert W. "Bob" Frescoln, 74, of rural Libertyville, passed away, Friday, November 10, 2023 at Jefferson County Health Center with his family present.
Funeral services celebrating his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Batavia United Methodist Church in Batavia. Burial will be at Batavia Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m....
Steven B. Pool
Nov 9, 2023
Steven Brian Pool, 63, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after a long battle with amyloidosis.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Burial will be at Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. Memorials may be made to the family. Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield...
Donald J. Peck
Nov 8, 2023
Donald Joseph “Don” Peck, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 8, 2023.
A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 13, 2023 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, Iowa. Burial with military honors will be at the St. Joseph’s Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m....
Janet Kay Parsons
Nov 6, 2023
Janet Kay Parsons, 80, of Fairfield, passed away peacefully, November 6, 2023 at her home.
A visitation for family and friends will be 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 10, 2023 at First Lutheran Church in Fairfield. A Memorial Service will follow at 1:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to Salina Cemetery or First Lutheran Church. Behner Funeral Home...
Joe Blain
Nov 2, 2023
Joe Blain, 66, of Fairfield, IA entered Heaven’s gates on November 2, 2023, at Parkview Care Center after a battle with cancer.
Beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend to all, Joe was born on June 27, 1957, to Donald F. and Mary J. (Arganbright) Blain. Following graduation, Joe worked as a landscaper and painter, completing odd jobs, until finding...
Robert B. Stump
Oct 28, 2023
Robert Bruce Stump, 90, of Libertyville, Iowa, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023, at home with family.
Bob was born January 31, 1933, near Libertyville, the son of Russell and Florence “Betty” (Howard) Stump. In 1950 he graduated from Libertyville High School where he met and kept score for a red-headed, left-handed basketball player named Sandra Harrison. They...
Audra Lynn Gilpin
Oct 26, 2023
Audra Lynn Gilpin, 55, a resident of Fairfield, passed away October 26, 2023 at her home.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 6, 2023 at the Fishback & Stevenson Cider House, 1949 Pleasant Plain Road in Fairfield. Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield is assisting the family with arrangements.
Audra was...
Shelly J. Hinkle
Oct 26, 2023
Shelly J. Hinkle, 42, a resident of Fairfield, passed away, Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.
There will be no services held at this time. Shelly will be laid to rest next to her sister at Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.
Shelly was born December 24, 1980, the daughter of Donald...
Maleeigha Darlene-Marie Bruegge
Oct 23, 2023
Maleeigha Darlene-Marie Bruegge was born silent on October 23, 2023 in Fairfield. Maleeigha was the treasured daughter of Marissa Heifner and Tanner Bruegge. Others mourning her loss include her grandparents, Mandy Greiner, and Shelly and Willis Bruegge; great-grandparents, Roberta and Gerald Williams; brother, Malikhye Heifner and three additional brothers; uncles and aunt, Trevor Williams, Miranda Williams, Austin Hagans, and...
Jerry L. Leazer
Oct 21, 2023
Jerry L. Leazer, beloved father and husband, lover of pie and a practical joke, passed away at 9:55 pm on October 21, 2023 just before the evening news. He was born to parents Guy and Edith Leazer on Christmas Day, 1939 in Batavia, Iowa. He was the youngest of 12 children, all of whom have preceded him in death....
Melvin "Pete" Crawford
Oct 13, 2023
Melvin Earl “Pete” Crawford joined his wife Dorothy in heaven on October 13, 2023. He was born on August 10, 1939, in Louisa County, IA to Charles Eugene and Dorothy Esther (Myers) Crawford. He married Dorothy Jean Fickel on July 23, 1961, in Indianola, IA.
Survivors include his daughter Janet (Brent) Dunbar (Gatesville, TX), his son David...
Stanley Gene Heckethorn
Oct 12, 2023
Stanley Gene “Bub” Heckethorn, 69, a resident of Brighton, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023 at Prestige Care Center in Fairfield.
Stanley was born November 3, 1953 in Fairfield, the son of Mervin and Irene (Schultz) Heckethorn. He married Sally Griffin, February 21, 1976. She preceded him in death.
Stanley worked...
Helen Irene Crow
Oct 11, 2023
Helen Irene Crow, 98, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at Prestige Care Center in Fairfield.
Visitation with family and friends will be 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 14, 2023 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 10:30 a.m....
Leland Wendall Reed
Oct 4, 2023
Leland Wendall Reed, 73, of Ocean Isle Beach, NC passed away on October 4, 2023, while at Angel House Hospice Care Center in Whiteville, NC.Leland was born October 31, 1949, in Fairfield, Iowa, to the late Elvin and Lurena (Bonnett) Reed. He married Angela Schrull January 5, 1985.Leland loved life and his pets were his children. He was...
William Lee van Buren Sheppard
Sep 24, 2023
William Lee van Buren Sheppard, 22, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.
Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with Celebration of Life to follow at...
John Fellmer
Sep 20, 2023
John Fellmer, age 73, died September 20, 2023, in Fairfield, IA. John was born at St. Vincent Hospital in Manhattan, N.Y., on May 27, 1950, the son of Marion Reed and Frank Fellmer.
Growing up John enjoyed playing sports, joined the JV football team and broke his nose during the first game of the season. As soon as...
Warren Keith Repp
Sep 15, 2023
Warren Keith Repp, 84, a resident of Fairfield and formerly Ft. Madison, died Friday, September 15, 2023, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield, Iowa.
Warren was born April 6, 1939, in Marengo, Iowa, the son of Maurice and Hazel (Messer) Repp. He married Myrna Wolter on September 27, 1959, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Homestead, Iowa.
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Norma J. Young
Sep 12, 2023
Norma Young, 90, of Fairfield, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, with family by her side at Jefferson County Health Center.
Norma was born November 30, 1932, to Luella Rose and William Achenbach. She spent her entire life in and around the Fairfield Community. Norma graduated from Fairfield High School in 1950.
She married James B. Young,...
Marjorie Orva Lewiston
Sep 10, 2023
Marjorie Orva Lewiston, 96, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Addington Place in Fairfield.
Marjorie was born February 12, 1927 in Ames, Iowa, the daughter of Sanford and Gladys (Larson) Sydnes. She married Harley J. Lewiston, July 11, 1949 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He preceded her in death...
Pearl Iva Stickels
Sep 9, 2023
Pearl Iva Stickels 80, gained her wings and entered heaven joining the love of her life, Charles A Stickels, on September 9, 2023, surrounded by family and friends at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield, Iowa.
She was born in 1943 in Minnesota to Phyllis and Eugene Phelps of Vinton, Iowa. Her fondest times were spent with family...
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