Mary M. Wagner

WAGNER, BRESNAHAN, DOUGHERTY, HERMSEN, KELLEY, URELL, JOHNSON, MCCABE

Posted By: Diana Diedrich (email)
Date: 2/15/2006 at 09:50:30

Mary M. Wagner, age 84, of Lansing, Iowa, died Saturday, February 11, 2006, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wis. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing with Fr. Daniel Knipper and Fr. Louis Trzil concelebrating. Burial will be in the Wexford Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Allamakee County. Thornburg Hanson Funeral Home of Lansing was in charge of arrangements.

Mary was born in Waukon, Iowa, April 4, 1921, to Emmet and Irene (Bresnahan) Dougherty. Mary graduated from St. Patrick’s High School in Waukon.

She married Mark Wagner May 18, 1943, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Waukon. She and Mark farmed in the Wexford area for 34 years before moving into Lansing. She enjoyed interior decorating, sewing, flower gardening, and making ceramics. Mary especially enjoyed seeing her family, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Mary and Mark loved to travel with their camper, spending ten winters in Texas and many weekend trips in the summer, as well as attending many sporting events.

Survivors include her five children, Shari (Pat) Curran of Lansing, Bob (Karen) Wagner of Berryville, Va., Sheila (Merle) Hermsen of Long Grove, Iowa, Bill (Debbie) Wagner of Seattle, Wash., and Ben (Lisa) Wagner of Lansing; 14 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; five siblings, John (Rita) Dougherty of Waukon, Alice Johnson of Cedar Rapids, Joe (Jean) Dougherty of Elkader, Helen (Mark) Kelley of Faribault, Minn., and Jim (Eileen) Dougherty of Dorchester; a brother-in-law, John Urell of Waterville; and two sisters-in-law, Francis Wagner and Marcella (LeRoy) McCabe, both of Waukon.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband Mark on May 31, 2004; two granddaughters, Ellie Wagner and Lindsey Rose Hermsen; a brother, Donald Dougherty; and a sister, Lela Urell, as well as other relatives, Clarence Johnson, Alberta Wagner, and Rosemary Wagner.

Casketbearers are Brent Wagner, Nick Curran, James Wagner, Nancy Leahy, Ellie Wagner, Nate Curran, Chad Wagner, Mike Hermsen, Leasha Wagner, Mandi Wagner, Lindsey Rose Hermsen, Todd Hermsen, Travis Wagner, Trish Wagner, Stacey Hermsen, and Ashley Wagner.

Source: The Waukon Standard Internet, February 14, 2006