Jeanne Wagaman (1918-2008)
WAGAMAN, DURRIE, NELSON, MONTGOMERY, CHESMORE, WACKER
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/24/2008 at 08:25:06
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Sunday, February 24, 2008.
Dec. 23, 1918-Feb. 23, 2008
Jeanne Wagaman, 89, of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Ames, died Saturday, Feb. 23, at St. Luke's Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at First United Methodist Church in Ames. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at Cedar Memorial in Cedar Rapids.
Jeanne Lois Wagaman was born Dec. 23, 1918, in Norfolk, Neb., the beloved daughter of Harry K. and Selma A. Durrie. She graduated from Norfolk High School and married Nelson (Wag) Wagaman April 17, 1939. Wag was the love of her life, and they were married for 67 years. Jeanne loved being a homemaker and raising two children, Bill and Julie.
Jeanne was known as a gracious hostess to friends and family. She was very involved with her friends, neighborhood, community and church. She was a 50-year member of First United Methodist Church in Ames and worshipped at New Covenant Bible Church in Cedar Rapids for the last 10 years.
Most of all, Jeanne loved her family and her role of mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Jeanne loved everyone and drew others to her through her sweet, positive and generous spirit. She lived a life of joy and leaves behind a legacy of love and blessings for others.
Her family would like to thank all the wonderful care-givers at Garnett Place Retirement Community, West Ridge Nursing Home and the wonderful nurses and doctors at St. Luke's Hospital and St. Luke's Hospice.
Jeanne was preceded in death by her husband, parents and three brothers: Harry Durrie Jr., Robert Durrie and George Durrie.
Survivors include son, Bill Wagaman, of Topeka, Kan.; daughter, Julie Nelson and husband Jeff, of Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Marianne Wagaman, of Topeka, Kan; five grandchildren, Jeffery Wagaman, of Topeka, Kan., Wendy Montgomery and husband Mike, of Decatur, Ill., Scott Nelson and partner Hannah Garry, of Nederland, Colo., Tracey Chesmore and husband Joshua, of Cedar Rapids, and Sarah Wacker and husband, Cason, of Center Point.
Also surviving are five great-grandchildren, Chance Montgomery, Lindsey Wagaman, Caleb and Noah Chesmore and Ellie Wacker.
Memorial donations in Jeanne's honor may be made to New Covenant Bible Church in Cedar Rapids, St. Luke's Hospice in Cedar Rapids or to the First United Methodist Church in Ames.
Arrangements in Cedar Rapids are entrusted to Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Arrangements in Ames are being handled by Adams Funeral Home.
Please leave a message, memorial or tribute to the Wagaman family on our Web site, www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.
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