Canfield, Darlene Frances (Austin)

Darlene Frances (Austin) Canfield, 74, died suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in her home. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Pastor Tommy Rucker and Pastor Barb Kruger will officiate at the service. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Green Center Cemetery, rural Morley.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving are her husband, Bert; son, Fred (Lindsey) Austin of Anamosa; granddaughter, Brynn Austin; three sisters, Nancy (Donn) Willey of Baldwin, Mary (Ray) Heeren of Monticello and Phyllis (Mike) Capron of Anamosa; and two brothers, Ivan Jayne of Olin and Larry (Dorothy) Jayne of Toddville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Leland Austin; a sister, Barb Petersen; a brother, Leonard Harold; a sister-in-law, Bonnie Jayne; and brother-in-law, Robert Petersen.

Darlene was born July 16, 1939, in Martelle, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Frances Luella Massiker Jayne. She was a graduate of Morley High School. Darlene married Leland Austin on March 22, 1960, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. On Dec. 21, 1996, Darlene married Bert Canfield. She worked as a repair technician at Rockwell Collins for over 30 years. Before retirement she was a member of the Fairbank Red Hats Club, active at the Dunkerton First Baptist Church and was presently attending the Morley Methodist Church. She enjoyed spending time with Bert. This last year Bert had been at the Ravenwood Care Center in Waterloo and Darlene would visit him 4 to 5 times a week or as much as she physically could. She looked forward to her daily 9 a.m. call from Fred. She also enjoyed trying her luck on scratch off lottery tickets, dancing and playing cards.

Darlene was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and she will be missed dearly by all her family and friends.

Published Oct. 10, 2013 in The Gazette