Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Visitation: 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, funeral home.

IOWA CITY, Iowa —Bennie C. Harrington of Legacy Pointe, formerly of Downey, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Hospice in Iowa City.

Burial will be at the Downey Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Downey Baptist Church or Iowa City Hospice.

 Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

Mr. Harrington was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Bowmantown, Tenn., the daughter of John E. and Mary Austin Ball.

She attended rural Johnson County schools. On Feb. 16, 1939, she was united in marriage to Claude Harrington in Kahoka, Mo.

For 20 years he was employed with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, retiring in 1980.

She was a member of the Downey Baptist Church. 

She was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, treasured the time spent with her great- grandchildren, was a quilter, spent much time reading and enjoyed the outdoors; planting and tending to her large garden, flowers, and watching the birds.

Survivors include two daughters: Dixie L. Walker and husband, Wayne of Iowa City and Mary Sue Bickford and husband, Robert of West Branch; a grandson, Steve (Joey) Young of Iowa City and three great-grandchildren, Ryan, Jamie and Luke; two sisters, Josephine Fulton Iowa City and Dorothy Justice of Fort Worth, Texas and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Claude; daughter, Billie Jan Harrington; son-in-law, Robert Young and seven sisters, Anna Krueger, Myrtle Parizek, Louise Bulechek, Cleo Krueger, Lucy Krueger, Pearl Davis and Stella Mahoney.