Edna Mae [Cox] Duffield 1929-2011

COX, DUFFIELD, MELBOURN, SHAFFER, MOORE, MARTINEZ, BAUER

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 4/25/2011 at 11:13:44

DEATH NOTICE:

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa April 13, 2011)

DUFFIELD, EDNA MAE, 81, of Lineville, Iowa, died on Friday, April 1, 2011, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral Services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel in Lineville, Iowa, with Pastor Aaron Stark officiating. Burial was in the Lineville Evergreen Cemetery.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa April 13, 2011)

EDNA MAE DUFFIELD ... Edna Mae Duffield, daughter of William Andrew and Dora Maye [Ragan] Cox, was born in Mercer County, Missouri, on November 20, 1929, and passed away on April 1, 2011, at the mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 81 years.

Edna Mae was raised in Mercer County and was a graduate of Mercer High School. She lived most of her life in Lineville, Iowa, where she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Baptist Church. She loved life and the outdoors, spending many hours in her garden and flower beds. She was a friend to all, and everyone who met her loved her. She will be missed by her family and friends, but they all know she is in a better place and planting flowers in heaven.

Edna Mae is survived by her daughter, Andrea Melbourn (and son-in-law, Ron) of Des Moines, Iowa; her three sons, Alan Duffield (and his companion, Janet), also of Des Moines, Arnold Duffield of Lineville, Iowa, and Alex Duffield of Chariton, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Angie Shaffer (and her husband Josh), Brian Moore (and his wife, Juliette), Alex Duffield, Jr. (and his wife, Jessica), Amanda Duffield, Lacy Martinez, Richard Duffield, Jr., and March Duffield; ten great-grandchildren, Makenzie and Autumn Bauer, Lupe' Martinez, Trevor, Connor, and Logan Duffield, Haylee and Hanna Shaffer, and Taylor and Tylar Moore; and by other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her ex-husband, Clone Dale Duffield; a great-grandchild, Alexis Bauer; and by her brother Clinton Cox.