Celebration of Life Services for Gene Schleiffarth, 87, of Earlham (formerly of Greenfield) will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield with burial in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. with full military graveside rites by the Earlham American Legion Post No. 158. The family will greet friends on Tuesday morning one hour prior to services at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Gene Schleiffarth memorial fund to be established by the family. The Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of the professional arrangements. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

He is survived by his two daughters, Patricia Swan and husband Mark and Melissa Kendrick and husband James all of Earlham, Iowa; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Pat Hoy of Redfield and Dorothy Spowart and husband Bill of Humboldt, Iowa; other relatives and friends.