Milton Wesley Wagner Obituary

MILTON W. WAGNER

Milton Wesley Wagner, 79, of 519 South Third Street, died at 2:45 a.m. today at Goshen Hospital to which he was admitted Tuesday. Death was caused by a complication of ailments after an illness of about 12 months.

Born in Ohio, July 25, 1874, Mr. Wagner was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Wagner.

He had been employed for many year by the Goshen Cushion and Body Company and when he was a young man pitched for the old Goshen Greys professional baseball team. He was a member of the Masonic lodge.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Florence Hardin, who is with her husband, W/O Virgil Hardin, in Germany, seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two sisters who reside in Ohio. A son, Carl, was electrocuted while working in South Bend June 6, 1950.

Friends will be received at the Culp Funeral Home from Saturday noon until the hour of the funeral there Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Trevor Dillon will officiate and burial will be in Violett Cemetery.

[Obituary courtesy of Wellspages]