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Friday, February 7, 2014
Marjorie Fairley
Age: 77
City: Olin
Funeral Date
11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, Lahey Funeral Home, Olin
Funeral Home
Lahey Funeral Home, Olin
Friday, February 7, 2014
Marjorie Fairley
MARJORIE FAIRLEY
Olin
Marjorie "Marge" Fairley, 77, of Olin, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services celebrating her life will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin. Family and friends may call Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Olin Cemetery.
Marjorie Butterfield was born Aug. 25, 1936, in Anamosa, Iowa, to Kenneth and Anna (Kula) Butterfield. She graduated from Anamosa High School in 1954. On April 27, 1955, she was united in marriage to Robert Fairley in Anamosa. She worked for Rockwell Collins for 17 years.
She enjoyed canning, pickling and cooking for family and friends. Her favorite was making horseradish pickles. She loved going for nature rides, helping Bob, hunt, trap, fish and mushrooming.
She is survived by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" Fairley of Olin; four children, Sheryll (Larry) Miller of Davenport, Cindy (Jim) Albaugh of Tipton, Lisa (Dave) Klein of Hale and Doreen Fairley of Marion; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grand-children; a sister, Pat (Jim) Mettler of Anamosa; and a brother, Edwin Butterfield of Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother; a sister; and a loving daughter, Deb Harris, on April 19, 2007; as well as Deb's husband, Steve
Harris.
Memorials are
preferred.
Online condolences may be left for the family at
www.laheys.com.

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