Jean Wagler

E. Jean Wagler, 86, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at the Henry County Health Center. Visitation will begin after 12 noon on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012, at the Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel, Mt. Pleasant, IA, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, at the Wayland Mennonite Church, Wayland, IA, with Pastors Pam Unruh officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Cemetery. A memorial has been established to Parkview Home in Wayland. On-line condolences may be left at www.olsonpowell.com. Born November 23, 1925, at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Jean was the daughter of Lloyd and Lela Powell Miller. After five years the family moved to Waterloo, IA. Three years later, Jean moved with her family to the family farm, belonging to her maternal grandparents, Elsie and John Powell, near Keota, IA. She was a 1943 graduate of Keota High School and attended Iowa Wesleyan College, in Mt. Pleasant, IA. Beginning with courses in business school, Jean shifted her studies to teacher education. Jean taught fourth grade at Wayland School in Wayland, IA, for three years. On January 26, 1949, she married Elmer H. Wagler in Keota. She then began her career as mother and homemaker on the Wagler farm, south of Trenton, IA. Jean was a member of the Wayland Mennonite Church. She enjoyed keeping in touch with friends and family. Jean spent her spare time listening to sports on the radio and watching them on television. She was an avid fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes and never missed watching the Kentucky Derby. She was seldom seen without one or more pet cats. Those left to honor Jean's memory include a daughter, Sandi W. (Mark) Davis of Davenport, IA; a son, Kevin Scott Wagler of Mt. Pleasant, IA; and three grandsons, Ethan Davis of North Liberty, IA, Collin Davis of Coralville, IA, and Logan Davis of Davenport, IA. She will also be missed by many extended family and friends. Mrs. Wagler was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Elmer, who died in 1987.