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J. O. Wagner, 79,Fru *1 Grower AtJefferson, DiesOfUmIndsetfkSc«er0;PiMOJwws:SIdv.R0♦»J, O. Wagner, 70, who spent 19. adventurous^ years in t h e Philippine Islands following the Spanish-American War. died unexpectedly early • Monday while sitting in a chair at hla home on Carroll Kt. 2. He was oroprietor of the Wagner Fruit Orchards on Jefferson Hill.A Spanish-American War vet* .eran, serving with Co. F of the Volunteers, Mr. Wagner remained in the Philippines where he held various positions, including court interpreter and secretary to the governor of the Mountain Province of Baguioon the Island of Luzon. He also worked as a general contractor in building roads in the Islands.Mr. Wagner met and married a nurse, Catherine Cleland from Ireland, while living in t ht Philippines. Their daughter, Elizabeth was born there.A native of Payne, O., the veteran returned, with hi* family to Ohio in 1917, settling in their present Fairfield County home.He served as a member of the Canal Winchester Board of Education frdm 1037-47, and was a former president of the board.A horticulturist ii\ his later years, Mr. Wagner lived by this philosophy, “the way you approach life as the way life approaches you.’*Surviving are the widow, Catherine; a daughter, Elizabeth Wagner Reed, wife of Dr. S. C. Reed of State College, St. Paul, Minn.; three grandchildren, John, Catherine and William Reed, all of St. Paul; and a brother, Clifford of Payne. He was a cousin of L. L. Wagner, Lancaster. _Friends are being received at J the Thomen Funeral Home in Carroll where services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.The Rev. R. D. Ellsworth. Westerville, former pastor of the Greencastle PresbyterianftgclHftUsiaEititer\nSFCChurch which the Wa-zners at- 18frIctended, will officiate. Burial is to be made in Betzer Cemetery'.cII
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Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Lancaster, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 20, 1959
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