Ruth L. Stumpff, age 88, died Wednesday evening, January 17, 2007 at Crestview Acres in Marion following an extended illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana, Iowa with Elder Jon Childers officiating. Burial will be in the High Amana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday, January 19, 2007 at the Middle Amana Community Church in Middle Amana. A memorial fund has been established. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.

She is survived by a son Hank and wife Joan of Amana, two grandchildren, Kristen Schabacker and husband Dan of Cottage Grove, MN and Suzanne Stratton and husband Travis of Tiffin; 5 great grandchildren, Allison and Austin Schabacker and Cade, Karsyn and Kaylee Stratton. In addition she is survived by a brother, George Nagel of High Amana and two sisters, Dorothy Hawkes of High Amana and Leona Doehrmann of Williamsburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Henry in 1969, and two brothers Leroy Nagel and one in infancy.

Ruth Lucille Nagel was born July 24, 1918 in Watkins, Iowa, the daughter of John and Katy Hetz Nagel. She received her education in the Amana Schools and she married Henry Thomas Stumpff on June 29, 1940 in Marengo, Iowa. Ruth was a clerk at the High Amana Store for many years. She was a member of the Amana Church Society.