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Janice M. Wildemann, 57, of King of Prussia, died on Aug. 27 while vacationing in Sea Isle City, N.J., with her family. Upon her return from a stroll on the boardwalk, she experienced an asthma attack that resulted in a cardiac arrest, according to a family member. Mrs. Wildemann was raised in Narberth and graduated from Merion Mercy Academy in 1949. She married Leonard Walter Wildemann in 1953. The couple were married for 31 years. He died in 1984. Mrs. Wildemann was a clerk for J.C. Penney in King of Prussia for the last 15 years.

About 20,000 collectors are likely to cram Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia this weekend to see what merchandise the 300 dealers expected have hauled in for Renninger's Mid-Winter Classic. Based on previous Renninger shows, that means everything from soup to nuts in the antique and collectible catalogue. The indoor show serves as a cold- weather fix for fans of Renninger's outdoor shows held in Kutztown in spring, summer and fall. This year's outdoor shows - all held Friday and Saturday - are April 24-25, June 26-27 and Sept.

Upper Merion Township will host testing for a bone-marrow-donor program March 13 as part of a national effort to increase the donor pool. The Fanconi Anemia Research Foundation, a co-sponsor of the event, is trying to boost the list of possible donors across the country this year by 200,000, to raise the total to one million, said foundation president Michael Greenberg. Greenberg showed a video to the township supervisors last Thursday detailing the process the donor and recipient must go through.

Raghunandan Yandamuri pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of first-degree murder and 11 other charges in a bizarre kidnap-and-ransom case that turned deadly in a King of Prussia apartment complex last October. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty against Yandamuri, 27, of Upper Merion, in the deaths of 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and her grandmother. County Court Judge Steven T. O'Neill accepted the 13 not-guilty pleas from Yandamuri's court-appointed lawyer, Stephen G. Heckman, as the defendant sat quietly next to his attorney.

Murata Wiedemann Inc., a Japanese-owned machine-tool manufacturing firm in King of Prussia, is moving to North Carolina - and that could mean pink slips for about 140 employees. The plant, which assembles custom, computerized punch presses from parts manufactured in Japan, is expected to stay open until next spring, when the company's $10 million, 100,000-square-foot plant near Charlotte, N.C., is set to open. Murata of America, a sister company, is near the new manufacturing operation.

Water was on again, then off again, then on again for residents of 400 units at the Marquis apartments in King of Prussia. After a pump broke on Christmas morning, tenants in three of the five buildings at the complex spent two days without running water. The pump was repaired and water was restored at 7 p.m. Tuesday night, said John Waters, Upper Merion Township chief code enforcement officer. It went off again Wednesday morning but was restored a few hours later, he said. Residents of the affected units were given jugs of drinking water and were allowed to use showers in unoccupied units that had water.

The Marquis apartment complex in King of Prussia was draped with yellow crime-scene tape Tuesday as firefighters drained the pool, police academy cadets swept lawns and drainage ditches, and law enforcement authorities continued looking into the abduction of a 10-month-old girl and the slaying of her grandmother. Local, state, and federal authorities are jointly investigating the abduction of the girl, Saanvi Venna, and the killing of her grandmother, Satayvathi Venna, 61. Authorities gave few details of either incident Tuesday, citing concern for the baby's safety.

WHERE IS baby Saanvi? One day after police discovered the body of her murdered grandmother in the family's King of Prussia high-rise apartment, authorities continued their desperate search for the child, who has been missing since the Monday murder and is presumed kidnapped. Relatives said that thugs had no reason to target their family. "We don't have any suspicion of anything, no threats on anyone," the girl's uncle Ram Venna told reporters Tuesday morning outside the Upper Merion Township Police Department, where the family spent the day with investigators.

More than 200 Pennsylvania State University alumni turned out on a snowy Friday night in King of Prussia to support an effort to restore Joe Paterno's reputation in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse scandal. The gathering at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge was organized and partly financed by pro football Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris, who played for Paterno. Applauded by the crowd, Harris argued that "Joe did the right thing" in handling the scandal and that the Penn State board rushed to judgment in firing him after charges were filed against Sandusky in late 2011.

Bathed in the glow of computer screens and a wall full of video monitors, Rock Hoffman grimaced as he watched a car slam into planks that had spilled onto the eastbound Schuylkill Expressway near Vare Avenue. "Ooooh. We've got lumber in the left lane," he said. Some vehicles swerved around the wood; others slowed suddenly but couldn't avoid it. Hoffman, 20 miles away, was almost as involved in the afternoon rush-hour traffic mess as if he'd been on the road. He called for a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation truck to clear the lumber, and he typed a message on his keyboard that instantly appeared on a digital sign near University Avenue to warn drivers: "Debris Just Ahead in the Left Lane.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said Wednesday it will break ground this summer on a new specialty care center in King of Prussia, replacing one that opened in 1997. The new center, in the Village at Valley Forge, will have 115,000 square feet, up from 70,000 square feet in two buildings at the existing site, CHOP said. Completion of the new center, which can be expanded to 195,000 square feet, is expected in early 2015. CHOP currently offers 20 medical and surgical specialties in King of Prussia, including a sports medicine program, pediatric imaging center, and a day hospital for oncology patients.

Nationwide Financial Services Inc., whose mutual-fund unit is based in King of Prussia, said it had agreed to buy 17 equity and bond mutual funds from HighMark Capital Management Inc. The price was not disclosed. The funds had $3.6 billion in assets at the end of last year and are expected to bring Nationwide Funds' total to about $51 billion, Nationwide said. Highmark, a unit of Union Bank, of San Francisco, will continue managing nine of the funds, which will be recast as Nationwide funds.

Forget about the $1,000 her sister had wired from Ireland, police told Angela Mohan. It's gone. Maybe the Broomall fitness instructor would get back the wallet she lost at the King of Prussia mall, they said. But even if she did, her chances of getting the $1,000 inside it were akin to winning the Powerball or Mega Millions lotteries. "I said, OK, I'm down a thousand," said Mohan in a brogue that highlighted her Irish roots. "But my credit cards, my license. My life is in that wallet.

4-week bills , Mar. 26; 3-month and 6-month bills , Mar. 25; 1-year bills , Apr. 2; 2-year notes , Mar. 26; 3-year notes , Apr. 9; 5-year notes , Mar. 27; 7-year notes , Mar. 28; 10-year notes , Apr. 10; 30-year notes , Apr. 11; 5-year TIPS , Apr. 18; 30-year TIPS , Jun. 20. Business Referral Luncheon , presented by BNI, King of Prussia chapter. Peppers Italian Restaurant, 236 Town Center Rd., King of Prussia; 610-792-2105. Reservations required. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Networking Meeting , presented by BNI, Fort Washington chapter.

Raghunandan Yandamuri pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of first-degree murder and 11 other charges in a bizarre kidnap-and-ransom case that turned deadly in a King of Prussia apartment complex last October. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty against Yandamuri, 27, of Upper Merion, in the deaths of 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and her grandmother. County Court Judge Steven T. O'Neill accepted the 13 not-guilty pleas from Yandamuri's court-appointed lawyer, Stephen G. Heckman, as the defendant sat quietly next to his attorney.