- Date Of Birth: July 1, 1919
- Date Of Death: April 23, 2013
- State: Missouri
Alfred Louis Wagner, age 93, was born July 1, 1919. He passed away at his home on April 23, 2013. He was the eldest son of Clarence Emery Wagner and Ella Martha (Koerber) Wagner who both preceded him in death. On June 18, 1942 he was united in marriage to Pauline Leach at her parent’s home in Norborne, Missouri. To this union eight children were born: Barbara (deceased), Owen, Janice, Joanne, Janell, Jane, Janet, and Everett.
Alfred served in the Army Air Force, European Theater during World War II. He received three bronze stars and received the rank of First Sergeant. After service Alfred bought his grandfather, A.C. Wagner’s family farm where he was born and has resided there sixty seven years. He worked at Quaker Window Products in Freeburg, Missouri but his main occupation was farming. Alfred Wagner was a member of Vienna Masonic Lodge #94; Rainbow Chapter 263 OES; Big Spring Lodge #237 I.O.O.F., St. James, Missouri; Rolla York Rite, Rolla, Missouri; Valley of Columbia Scottish Rite, Columbia, Missouri, and Abou Ben Adhem Shriners, Springfield, Missouri. Alfred was a member of the American Legion Post 12, Vienna, Missouri. He was a member of the Vienna United Methodist Church, Vienna, Missouri.
He is preceded in death by an infant daughter, Barbara; his parents, Clarence and Ella Wagner; three sisters: Gladys Wagner, Rosetta (Wagner) Williams, and Elsie (Wagner) Whalen.
Those left to mourn his passing are Pauline (Leach) Wagner, his wife of 70 years. His children and their spouses: Barbara Jean Wagner (deceased); Owen and Bev Wagner of Linn, MO.; Don and Janice Branson of Marthasville, MO.; Gilbert and Joanne (Waterman) Rios of Ashburn, VA; Janell Henry of St Joseph, MO.; Wesley and Jane (Koch) Honse Vienna, MO.; Eric and Janet Johnson of Vienna, MO., and Everett and Debbie Wagner of Vienna, MO.
