Mrs. Bernard (Modelle) Fairburn, 60, of Friendswood, Tex., formerly of the Havana and Astoria area, died at Clear Lake City Hospital in Clear Lake, Tex. at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, 1979.
She was born in Fulton County, Illinois on Sept. 27, 1919, a daughter of Ray and Katherine Deweese Hampton. She married Bernard Fairburn on June 5, 1948, in Canton, Ill. He survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, Pamela, of Friendswood, Tex.; two sons, James Schisler of Friendswood, Tex. and Donald Schisler of Macon, Mo.; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Alfred (Mae) Payne of Havana.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, one brother and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at Hurley Funeral Home in Havana with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery there. Informal visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at Hurley’s. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation.
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