Merna Marie Wagner (Coad). 1935-2020. Our beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on April 22, 2020 after a long battle with dementia. Merna was born to Reynold and Mildred Coad on August 18, 1935 in Trenton, Nebraska. The family moved to Denver, Colorado in the Summer of 1938. Merna graduated from Mountaire High School in 1953 and married George I. Wagner Jr. on October 17, 1954. She was a housewife for many years and volunteered at Stein Elementary school because she loved teaching children. Later she helped run the family plumbing business. She enjoyed cooking, baking pies and cakes for family gatherings, and spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed country western dancing, traveling to Las Vegas, and embarking on cruises where she could dance. She was preceded in death by her sister, Jean Greene of O'Fallon, IL, and survived by her high school sweetheart and husband of 67 years, George I. Wagner Jr. of Lakewood, CO, sister Agatha Worrell, sons; Scott (Catherine), Michael (Mary), Bradley (former wife Gloria) and Raymond (Holly), grandchildren; Michael, Andrew, Julie, Courtney, Keaton, Alex, and Tony, great grandchildren Landon and Hudson, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Merna Marie Wagner (Coad). 1935-2020. Our beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on April 22, 2020 after a long battle with dementia. Merna was born to Reynold and Mildred Coad on August 18, 1935 in Trenton, Nebraska. The family moved to Denver, Colorado in the Summer of 1938. Merna graduated from Mountaire High School in 1953 and married George I. Wagner Jr. on October 17, 1954. She was a housewife for many years and volunteered at Stein Elementary school because she loved teaching children. Later she helped run the family plumbing business. She enjoyed cooking, baking pies and cakes for family gatherings, and spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed country western dancing, traveling to Las Vegas, and embarking on cruises where she could dance. She was preceded in death by her sister, Jean Greene of O'Fallon, IL, and survived by her high school sweetheart and husband of 67 years, George I. Wagner Jr. of Lakewood, CO, sister Agatha Worrell, sons; Scott (Catherine), Michael (Mary), Bradley (former wife Gloria) and Raymond (Holly), grandchildren; Michael, Andrew, Julie, Courtney, Keaton, Alex, and Tony, great grandchildren Landon and Hudson, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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