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Alberta Fairley
ALBERTA FAIRLEY
Onslow
Alberta M. Fairley, 97, of Onslow, passed away Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at Zion American Lutheran Church in Wyoming, Iowa. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery.
Alberta Maxine Boots was born Jan. 29, 1917, in Anamosa, Iowa, to Albert and Bertha (Haynor) Boots. She graduated from Mechanicsville High School. On Jan. 21, 1938, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Fairley, and together they farmed.
She was a member of the Claytonian Club of Onslow. She loved gardening, bird watching, quilting and embroidering. She was known for her big meals that she enjoyed cooking for her family and anyone who stopped by.
Alberta is survived by one daughter, Marcia (Laurel) Bahnsen of Onslow; one daughter-in-law, Linda (Smith) Fairley; four grandchildren, Sheri (Aaron) Tjaden, Corey (Angie) Fairley, Carrie Bahnsen and Curt (Randi Runge) Bahnsen; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Doris Harness of Mechanicsville and Shirley Borntrager of Council Bluffs.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son, Gary; one brother, Everette Boots; and two sisters, Geraldine Meineke and Pauline Gamble.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.laheys.com.
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