Wagner, Iva Ellen (Mrs.Charles) 1906-1994

WAGNER, NAPIER, RHODES

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 1/20/2016 at 19:34:17

Hawarden Independent October 27, 1994

Iva Ellen Wagner, 88, Watervliet, MI, died Tuesday, October 18, in Watervliet. Mrs. Wagner was born September 27, 1906, in Sloan, the daughter of Ray I. and Myrtle (Napier) Rhodes. She attended school in Sloan. On August 9, 1925, she married Rev. Charles F. Wagner at Hawarden. The couple lived in Turin and Hawarden until 1963 when they moved to Kansas. In 1976 they moved to Cal Junction, MO. She had been a nursing home attendant in Hawarden and Columbus, KS. Rev. Wagner died September 22, 1978, in Joplin, MO. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church.

Survivors include 4 sons: Rev. Ray Wagner of Fort Smith, AR, Rex Wagner of Carl Junction, MO, Mickey Wagner of Biloxie, MS, and Rev. Roger Wagner of Fremont, NE; 1 daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Doris) Thurston of Watervliet, MI; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 1 sister. May Witt of Dubuque; 1 brother, Merton Rhodes of Dubuque; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son Charles, Jr.; a daughter, Mildred; a grandson, Charles; 2 great-grandchildren, Ryean and Luke; 1 sister, Erma Mollhoff; and 1 brother, Leo Rhodes.

Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 1994, at the United Pentecosal Church in Onawa, with Rev. Brian Kinney, brother Harrell Boyd and Rev. Jerry Tiller officiating. The pianist, Nancy Neton, accompanied the duet, Joanna and Darrel Sparlin, in special musical selections. Honorary Bearers were Rex Wagner, Ray Wagner, Ralph Thurston, Mickey Wagner and Roger Wagner. Casket Bearers were Tommy Wagner, Steve Thurston, Dana Wagner, Roger Wagner Jr., Timothy Wagner and Jonathan Carter. Interment was in Belvidere Cemetery at Turin, Iowa, with arrangements by the Pearson Funeral Home, Onawa.