Robert Lee Wagner, 29 Aug 1934 - 12 May 2018

WAGNER, STOUT, SHINE, SCHLENKER, WAGNAAR, SMITH, MCMAINS

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/29/2018 at 15:57:14

Funeral service for Robert L. Wagner, 83, Marengo, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. He died Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids.

The Rev. Andrew Gray will officiate at the service.

Burial will be in the Victor Cemetery.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be directed to the family in Robert’s name.

Robert Lee Wagner was born Aug. 29, 1934, in Lacey, the son of Clarence and Nina Stout Wagner. He attended the Deep River schools. Robert and Joan Shine were married March 17, 1956. This union was blessed with four sons. She died May 8, 1973.

Bob farmed with his brother-in-law Wilbur Shine. He then worked with Mel Uridil as a mechanic in Victor.

On Aug. 9, 1975, he married Jacqueline Wagner in Marengo. The couple made their home in Marengo, where Bob worked for many years with the Chevy Garage and Breezes Auto Parts. He owned and operated the Phillips 66 Station in Marengo for several years. He eventually went to work at Amana Refrigeration, retiring from there.

Bob enjoyed fishing and repurposing discarded treasures. He and Jackie enjoyed traveling throughout the United States. But his passion was woodworking. Many of his beautifully crafted items were given to his wife, children, grandchildren, and friends.

Robert is survived by his wife, Jackie; four sons, Greg (Pat), Homestead; Mark (Jane), Hudson; Lyn (Dana), Marengo, and Todd, Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren, Sarah, Nicholas, Lyndsey, Megan, Lacey, Levi, Carli, Kaitlyn and Sydney; a granddog, Jasper; numerous great-grandchildren;along with numerous stepgrand- and great- grandchildren that were very important in Robert’s life; a sister, Naomi (Don) Schlenker, California, and two brothers, Mike (Freda) Wagnaar, California, and Phillip Smith, Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Joan Shine Wagner; his grandson, Riley Wagner; two brothers, Charlie Wagnaar and Cecil Smith, and special cousin Richard McMains.

The Journal Tribune, 16 May 2018
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