Obituaries

KALONA - Mary Mae Miller, 88, of Kalona, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the Salem Mennonite Church in rural Keota with the Rev. John Mark Miller, the Rev. Wilford Beachy and the Rev. Steve Schrock officiating. Burial will be in the Peter Miller Cemetery in rural Kalona. Visitation will be held

Owen R. Wagner, 87, of Greenfield, Wis., died Thursday, March 20, 2008.      A funeral was held at 2 p.m. today at Church and Chapel in Waukesha, Wis. Burial was in Sheboygan, Wis.      Memorials to Fairfield Public Library may be sent to Kay Steele at 3006 180th St., Fairfield 52556.      Mr. Wagner was born Oct. 10, 1920. He and his wife June were married 56 years. She survives.To see the complete obituary,

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Helen L. Troxel Nickerson Buffington, 96, of Carrollton, Texas, formerly of Columbus Junction, died Monday, March 17, 2008, in the Madison on Marsh Lane in Carrollton.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Alan Barbee officiating. Burial will be in Indian Creek Cemetery. Visitation

Imogene Spangler, 94, of Milan, Ill., died Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Avonlea Cottage, Milan.      Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Visitation will begin one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery in Washington. Memorials may be made to Bethany for Children and Families for Adoption.      Mrs. Spangler was born Aug. 29, 1913,

WELLMAN - Tiffany Lee Klinetobe, 28, of Wellman, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, as the result of injuries suffered in an auto accident south of Wellman.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 24 in the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.      Mrs. Klinetobe was born Aug. 18, 1979 in Sioux Falls,

Stanley Fredrick Mangold, 94, of West Chester, formerly of the Dublin area, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in his daughter's home in West Chester following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 24, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Andrew Zuehlke officiating. Burial will be in the Elm Grove cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home

Marvin F. Hesse, 81, of Bloomfield, died at 10:28 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.      A funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the Rev. David Albert officiating. Burial will be in Mount Gilead Cemetery in Davis County, with military rites by American Legion John Hyson Reneker Post No. 494.      Open visitation will begin at

Herbert Wesley Miller, 77, of West Burlington died Wednesday, March 19, at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington.Visitation will be held until 8 p.m. today, March 21, at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. A graveside funeral service and burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at Forest Home Cemetery in Mt Pleasant, with Paul Eisenmann and Jon

Judith Leanne Slemmons, 63, of Washington, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital and Clinics following a short illness.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22, in the Brighton First Church of God with Ryan Meader officiating. Burial will be in the Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington where the

John Joseph Sanderson, 50, of Arbela, Mo., formerly of Johnstown, Colo., died Wednesday, March 19, in Kahoka, Mo.A graveside memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Evangelical Cemetery in Donnellson, with the Rev. Gerald Day officiating.A memorial has been established. Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home and Crematory in Donnellson is assisting with arrangements.He was born May 31, 1957 in Ft.