Obituaries

WELLMAN - Virginia Ann Townsend, 77, of Wellman died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 in Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman

KALONA - Clement "Joe" Thomann, 79, of Riverside died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, in his home following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Military honors will be given by VFW Post No. 6414 and Lone Tree American Legion. Visitation will be from 3

WAYLAND - Earl A. Bachman, 90, of Wayland died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 in the Parkview Home in Wayland.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the church with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Beatty Funeral Home in

Diane Alvine Thompson, 66, entered into eternal life on August 30, 2007 in Plano, Texas. Born August 16, 1941 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Wilma LuVerne (Patterson) and Maurice Knute Alvine, she was the oldest of four children. Diane grew up in the Bethel Church community and married John N. Thompson, her high school sweetheart.      During their lives together, Diane and John Thompson lived in four different states,

Stanley Duane Bean, 78, Columbus Junction, died Monday Sept 3, 2007 at his home.A funeral service will be held Friday, Sept.7, at 10 a.m. at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. Interment will follow at the Columbus City Cemetery.Friends may call from 12 noon until 7 p.m. Thursday at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, where the family will meet with friends from 4-7 p.m.A general memorial has been established.The

KALONA - Vernelda C. Slagel, 84, of Wayland died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, in Wayland from complications of heart attack and stroke.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, in Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Cemetery in Wayland. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the church where the family will be

Erma Massey, 75, of Donnellson, passed away in the emergency room of McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Ill., at 1:12 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007.Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.4, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point where the family will meet with friends from 6-8 p.m. A rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and a wake service will be held at 7 p.m.The Mass of Christian Burial will be said

Glenn H. Upton, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral service will be held Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Jeffrey Crawford officiating. Burial with full military honors conducted by the Henry County Honor Guard will be in the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant.Friends may call

Earl A. Bachman, 90, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 at the Parkview Home in Wayland.A funeral service has been set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with Pastor Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery.Visitation will begin at 12 noon Wednesday at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Beatty Funeral

Vernelda C. Slagel, 84, died Sept. 2, 2007 at Parkview Home in Wayland, due to complications of heart attack and stroke.A funeral service has been set for Sept. 7, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland, with Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiatingVisitation is set for Sept. 6, from 3-8 p.m. with family meeting friends from 6-8 p.m. at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Burial will be in Sugar Creek