Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Amy May Westaway, 70, of Conesville, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in her home in Conesville.      Pre Mrs. Westaway's request, there will be no visitation or funeral service. The Stacy-Lewis Home of Funeral and Cremation Services is handling the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Iowa Hospice.      Mrs. Westaway was born Sept. 15, 1938 in Conesville, the daughter of Orville A. and

Warren Edward Slagel, 87, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Parkview Home in Wayland.Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the church, with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be at Sugar Creek Cemetery.Memorials have been established for the Sugar Creek

Max Taylor Gipple, 89, of Winfield, formerly of rural Columbus Junction, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center.Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday Nov. 22, at the Winfield United Methodist Church; interment will follow at the Columbus City Cemetery.Memorials

John W. Bloom, 62 of Winfield, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Steven Zittergruen officiating. Burial will follow at Swedesburg Church Cemetery, with a military flag presentation.A memorial has been established for the Swedesburg Lutheran Church.He was

Russell Lowell Griggs, 93, of Ellisville, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 16, at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.A funeral service was held Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, with the Rev. Melissa Drake officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock.Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, Iowa was in charge of arrangements.He was born Nov. 18, 1914 near Washington, the son of Dewitt and

AVOCA - Russell Lowell Griggs, 93, of Ellisville, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, in St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.      Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with the Rev. Melissa Drake officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock.      Mr. Griggs was born Nov. 18, 1914, near Washington, the son of Dewitt and Annie (Weaver) Griggs. He married Mary

HARPER - Norbert J. Weber, 93, of Keota, formerly of Harper, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at Maplewood Manor in Keota, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, in the Holy Trinity Parish - St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Cemeteries-Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Clear Creek

KALONA - Warren Edward Slagel, 87, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in the Parkview Home in Wayland.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, in the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Friday in the church where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial fund

Ava Rosalie Bogle, 70, of San Diego, Calif., died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at home.      Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association; checks payable to GGG/AFC may be mailed to George G. Glenner, Alzheimer's Family Centers, Inc., 3702 Fourth Ave., San Diego, CA 92103.      Mrs. Bogle was born Aug. 27, 1938, in Birmingham, the daughter of Herbert and Louise Wells Moore. She married Larry Bogle Nov. 24, 1957.To

Robert G. Gire, 67, of Douds, died Monday, Nov. 17, in an industrial accident at Douds Stone Inc. rock mine in rural Hedrick.Visitation will begin at noon Thursday, Nov. 20 at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with family present from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Christ United Methodist Church in Douds, with the Revs. Ann Donat, Phil Campbell and David Albert