St. Clair County Obits

ROSALIA CLEMENTINE WAGNER

Hill & Son Funeral Home
October 17, 1906 - February 2, 2004
Rosalia Clementine Wagner, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth M. (Dieker) Zehrer was born on October 17, 1906 in Breese, Illinois. She passed away on February 2, 2004 at Ellett Memorial Hospital in Appleton City, Missouri at the age of 97 years. When Rosalia was two years old her father was killed in a coal mining accident in Breese, Illinois. Years later her mother married Lois Guenther on October 21, 1929. They moved to the Montrose, Missouri area where she has spent the remainder of her life. Rosalia was united in marriage to William Edward Wagner on October 21, 1929 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Montrose, Missouri. To this union two children were born. At the time of her death Mrs. Wagner was the oldest member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where had also been a member of the Altar Sodality. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister Catherine Wagner, one brother Alphonse Guenther, one half-sister Nellie Grant and a step-great-grandson Clay Allen Huff. She is survived by her son Willard Wagner and daughter Gloria Johnston, both of Montrose, Missouri; two half-sisters, Hildegard Daniel of Overland Park, Kansas and Gertrude Kelly of Anaheim, California; one grandson Russell Johnston and wife Kathy of Clinton, Missouri; two step-granddaughters, Billie Jo and husband Jack Huff of Clinton, Missouri and Beth Ann and husband John Hassler of Washington, Missouri; and step-great-grandchildren Tony and Jacob Hassler, Bonnie and Chance Huff, and Jacob and Kayla Callahan. Rosalia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a great lady who was a friend to everyone. She was an excellent cook and loved to garden and care for her flowers.