Alta M. Wachs, age 75 of Clinton passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010 at University Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton, Missouri with burial in the Clinton Memory Garden Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be 7:00-8:30 P.M., Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri. Family suggests memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church or Clinton Elks and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Alta was a homemaker. She was a member of The Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton.

Alta is survived by her husband ElDean Wachs; three sons, Curtis Wachs and wife Becky, Hays, Kansas, Rick Wachs and fiance Patti Soderholm, Clinton, and Steve Wachs, Clinton; sister Darlene Kearns and husband Charles, Phillipsburg, Kansas; sister-in-law Ardyce Wiehl, Phillipsburg, Kansas; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.