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Peiffer, J Arlene
J. Arlene Peiffer, 86, of Fairfield, formerly of Washington, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in the care of Mercy Hospice in Iowa City, after a short illness. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fairfield, with Father Stephen Page officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Interment will take place at the Clear Creek Cemetery in rural Harper, Iowa.
Memorials have been established for the Richland Public Library or St. Mary's Catholic Church.
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Arlene is survived by daughter-in-law, Rosemary Hammes of Richland; daughter, Jean Anne Semsch and husband Jay of Stockton; daughter, Catherine Lynn Greiner and husband Tony of Keota; son Pat Hammes and wife Tracy of Batavia; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Published in The Gazette June 27, 2013
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