GENE HELD, 89, of Fontanelle, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield.  Private, immediate family-only services for GENE HELD will take place 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9th, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Gene’s funeral service will be livestreamed for the public on the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Facebook page. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.

Open Visitation without the family present will be held on Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial is in the Fontanelle Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to Bridgewater Fire Department, Fontanelle Fire Department or to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle.

GENE HELD is survived by:

His sons – Steve Held and wife Sue Breen-Held, of Des Moines; Jim (Brenda) Held, of Lowell, Arkansas; Tim Held (Kathi Robinson), of Norwalk; and Pat (Linda) Held, of Fontanelle.

11 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.