Eileen Wagner

Obituaries

April 27, 2015 - 12:00 AM

Eileen Jane “Hanson” Wagner, 80, Carthage, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015.
Eileen was born March 19, 1935, in Ada, Minn., to Ole Hanson and Hilma “Ljunggren” Hanson. She had been a resident of Carthage the past four years, moving here from Iola (Mildred). Eileen was a homemaker, loved music and dancing, an active member of the National Humane Society, and a devoted Lutheran who was very proud of her Swedish-Norwegian heritage. She was a lifetime member of the Warren Minnesota First Lutheran Church, Warren, Minn.
Eileen was united in marriage to Wilbert “Bill” Wagner from Aug. 27, 1954, to June 1996. Bill preceded her in death April 12, 2015.
Survivors include three sons, Billy Wagner and wife Marilyn, Iola, Michael Wagner and wife Judy, El Dorado, and Keith Wagner and wife Gina, Scammon; three daughters, Jan Bratton and husband Gary, Carthage, Barbara Jones, Colony, and Jozi Ljunggren, Iola; 13 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, one brother Laverne Hanson, one sister, Myrtle “Hanson” Charon, and one granddaughter, Marie Jane Jones.
Services are at 2 p.m. today at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Carthage. Burial will be in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Carthage. 
A sincere “Thank You” to the Carthage Health & Rehab, Avalon Hospice and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church family for all their prayers and support. Contributions may be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in care of Ulmer Funeral Home. Online condolences can be made at www.ulmerfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.

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