Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at Mulford Evangelical Free Church, 2400 Hershey Ave., Muscatine. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com.

MUSCATINE, Iowa - Alissa Jo Foor, 28, of Muscatine, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, after battling cancer with amazing strength and dignity for more than four years.

The Rev. Jerry Foote will officiate the service. There will be a time of food and fellowship following the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to "The Joanna Claire Foor Scholarship Fund" by depositing directly to the fund at Central State Bank, in Muscatine. The Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Ms. Foor was born Oct. 14, 1981, in Muscatine, the daughter of Gary and Darla Foor. She married Sara Boughton on Aug. 16, 2008, in Providencetown, Mass.

She was a member of the Moose Lodge.

She played in softball leagues in Muscatine and New Hampshire. She enjoyed boating, camping and outdoor sports. She was creative, enjoying painting and making jewelry.

She loved her cats Gideon and Elias, and spending time with her family.

She is survived by her wife, Sara Boughton, of Belmont, N. H.; her parents, Gary and Darla Foor, of Muscatine; her grandmother, Darlene Paxton, of Muscatine; a brother, Jason Foor and wife, Joanna, and their children, Paxton, Austin and Ella, of Washington, Ind.; a sister, Joanna "Joey"Foor, of Muscatine; a sister-in-law, Melissa Dunn and husband, Brandon, and their children, Ashlynn and Conner; and numerous family and friends from Iowa and New Hampshire.

She was preceded by paternal grandparents, Walter W. Foor and Joan A. Foor and maternal grandfather, Clare W. Paxton.