- Date Of Birth: September 9, 1964
- Date Of Death: April 2, 2014
- State: Indiana
John Michael Wagers, 49, of Edwardsburg, passed away from a brief illness at Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital at 8:22 p.m. April 2.
He was born in Elkhart on Sept. 9, 1964, to the late Jake and Ann (Frantz) Wagers.
He later married Michelle Bowers in Union in 1996. She preceded him in death in 2005.
Surviving are his daughters, Samantha (Miguel) Avila and Tabitha (Lyle) Beadle, both of Edwardsburg; stepchildren Lori Stoltz of Berrien Springs, Brandy Stoltz of Marietta, Ga., and Tommy (Alli) Stoltz of New York; brothers Jack Wagers of Bristol, Ind., Billy Wagers of Union, Kenneth (Jamie) Wagers of Middlebury, Ind., and Homer Wagers of Paducah, Ky.; and 11 grandchildren.
John worked at Michiana Mobile Structures for many years as the service director and in quality control, but he will be best remembered as the lead singer of the band “I-69” of Elkhart throughout the late 1990s. He also served in the U.S. Army Indiana National Guard.