Fairbank-Madeline M. Kerns, of Fairbank, died Thursday, February 25, at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa

She was born May 11, 1925, at Fairbank, Iowa, daughter of Adam A and Cecilia (Weber) Buzynski.

She married John Kerns, on August 24, 1945 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fairbank.

Survived by:  Five daughters, Kay (Bob) Frame, Connie (Jack) Rechkemmer of Fairbank, Jane (Mike) Heineman, Readlyn, Julie (Scott) Ceaglske, Cedar Falls, Carolyn (Paul) Lingard, Macon, Missouri.  Three sons, Gary (Carol) Pocahontas, Arkansas, Bob (Kathy) Kerns, Jacksonville, Flordia, Craig (Laddie) Kerns, Fairbank. Twenty-Three grandchildren.  Two brothers, Loras Buzynski, Oelwein, Iowa, John (Eleanor) Buzynski, Fairbank, Iowa.  One sister in-law, Shirley Buzynski, Fairbank, Iowa.

Preceded  in death by: her husband, John, March 29, 1984, a son, John, in infancy,  her parents, son-in-law, Bruce Bockholt, grandson in-law, Mark Eicholz, two great grandchildren, Kelcy and Drake Frame, one brother, Harold Buzynski.

Services: at 10:30 a.m. on Monday,  March 1, 2010, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fairbank, with burial in the Church Cemetery.  Public visitation from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home with a parish rosary at 3:30 p.m. and Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be dirested to the family.