Obituaries
Clifford Fredrick Brown
Dec 26, 2016
Clifford Fredrick Brown, age 77, passed away at his home on December 26, 2016 around 1:00 PM. There will be a Celebration of Life from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Birmingham Lions Building. Memorials can be made to Hospice. Cards and memorials can be mailed to: Patsy Skaggs, 715 Dodge Street, Keosauqua, IA...
William Hellkamp
Dec 25, 2016
William Hellkamp age 90 of Fairfield passed away, Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Jefferson County Health Center. The Rosary will be 4:30 pm, Friday, December 30, 2016 at St. Mary Catholic Church. Visitation for family & friends will follow the Rosary from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm and the Wake Service will start at 6:30 pm. The Funeral Mass...
Marcelle Marie Lucas
Dec 24, 2016
Marcelle Marie Lucas age 93 of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Parkview Care Center. A time to Celebrate Marcelle’s Life will be 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Burial of cremains will be 2:00 pm at the Packwood Cemetery. Memorials can be made to friends of...
Karina Ann Good
Dec 24, 2016
Karina Ann Good, age 54 of Pleasant Plain, Iowa passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at her home. Her body has been cremated. Burial of cremains will be at a later date. A Gathering for family and friends will be from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Eagles Lodge. In-lieu of flowers, memorials can...
Ralph Roberts Jr
Dec 23, 2016
Ralph Roberts Jr. age 89 of Fairfield passed away Friday, December 23, 2016 at Parkview Care Center. Visitation for family & friends will be 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. A Private graveside service will be at Howard Grove Cemetery with military rites. Memorials can be made to the VFW. Cards and...

Shirley J. Dimond
Dec 23, 2016
Shirley J. Dimond age 73 formerly of Fairfield passed away Friday, December 23, 2016 at Arbor Court, Mt. Pleasant, IA. She has been cremated. Burial of cremains will be at a later date in Fell Cemetery. Shirley was born January 16, 1943 to Richard and Mary (Crawford) Shanstrom. Shirley was a homemaker. She has lived in the Fairfield are...
Timothy John Terrell II
Dec 21, 2016
Timothy J. Terrell II age 84 of Keosauqua, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Jefferson County Health Center. There will be a visitation for family & friends at Behner Funeral Home 9:30 am – 10:30 am prior to the memorial service, Monday, December 26, 2016. The memorial service will be 10:30 am, Monday, December 26, 2016 at Behner...
Francis Ronald "Ron" Nokes
Dec 19, 2016
Francis Ronald “Ron” Nokes, age 79 of Fairfield, passed away December 19,2016 at Parkview Care Center. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Thursday , December 22, 2016 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Burial of cremains will be at a later date in Marble Valley Cemetery, in...
John Linnell Fishel
Dec 16, 2016
John Linnell Fishel age 75 of Fairfield, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016 at Jefferson County Health Center. Visitation for family & friends will be 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Funeral Service will be 10:30 am, Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Cary officiating. Following the service the body will...
Nellie Jane Anderson
Dec 14, 2016
Nellie Jane Anderson age 89 of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Sunnybrook Assistant Living, Mt. Pleasant, IA. Visitation for family and friends will be 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Friday, December 16, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be 10:30 am, Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home with Reverend Joseph Phipps officiating....
Donna Lee Leathers
Dec 7, 2016
Donna Lee Leathers age 85 of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Jefferson County Health Center. Funeral service will be 10:00 am, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Todd Holman officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery. There is no public visitation. In-lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Fairfield Public...
Kyle Jerome Longerbeam
Dec 7, 2016
Kyle Jerome Longerbeam age 25 of Port Alsworth, Alaska, formerly of Fairfield, IA passed away while doing what he loved to do. To honor and celebrate the life of Kyle Longerbeam, friends and family are asked to gather at the Cambridge building, located at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Saturday, December 17, 2016 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. A...
Franklin Millard Clingan
Dec 3, 2016
Franklin Millard Clingan, passed away on Saturday December 3, 2016 surrounded by his loving family at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City. He was 84. Visitation for family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home, Fairfield, IA. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at...
Barbara Lou Taylor
Dec 2, 2016
Barbara Lou Taylor age 77 of Fairfield, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA. According to Barbara’s wishes her body was cremated. A Private Memorial Service and burial of cremains will be at the Packwood Cemetery, with Pastor Phil Griffith officiating. No public services are planned. Memorials can be...
John Widmer
Nov 30, 2016
John Widmer age 68 of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at his home. Visitation for family & friends will be 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. Following the visitation John will be cremated. Burial will be at a later date at Washington Cemetery, Washington, IA. Memorials can be made to...
Sherrill Elaine Nelson Phelps
Nov 23, 2016
Sherrill Elaine Nelson Phelps, 72 of Fairfield, Iowa died Wednesday, November 23, 2016 surrounded by love. Sherrill married Jim Parkison and from that marriage a daughter Lori Parkison Striegel and a son Jeffrey Parkison were born. She later married D. Blake Phelps, Jr. and they laughed and loved together through 39 years of marriage. Sherrill was born in Clarinda,...
John Martin Hahn
Nov 22, 2016
John Martin Hahn age 64 of Fairfield, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Jefferson County Health Center. Per John’s wishes he was an organ donor. Visitation for family & friends will be 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. A memorial service will be 10:30 am, Friday, December 2, 2016 at St....
Vivian Leona Kreiss
Nov 19, 2016
Vivian Leona Kreiss, age 84, passed away November 19, 2016 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. A Memorial Services will be 10:00 am, Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Farmington United Methodist Church with Pastor Mary Hart officiating. Burial of cremains will be at Green Glade Cemetery in Farmington, Iowa. Visitation for family and friends will be...
Richard Roy Jewell
Nov 16, 2016
Richard Roy Jewell age 85 of Fairfield passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA. Visitation for family & friends will be 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be 10:30 am, Monday, November 21, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Phil Ross and Pastor...
Ronald "Ron" Martin
Nov 14, 2016
Ronald “Ron” Martin age 82 of Fairfield passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at his home. Visitation for family and friends will be 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 18, 2016 at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Cary officiating. Burial with military rites...