04/26/1971
Funeral services for Erma Mina (Shore) Wagner, who died April 26, 1971 at Collins Memorial Hospital, were held April 29, from the Apostolic Church with Rev. Robert Shaw officiating.
The burial was in Graceland Cemetery under the direction of Evans Arlington Chapel.
Casketbearers were Clifford Zeck, Lester L. Moon, Thurlow Wallace, Gerald Ball, Donald Wilson, and Dawayne Caylor. Mrs. Guy Anderson was the organist.
Mina Erma, daughter of Jesse Archibald and Lettie Rhoda Proctor Ghrist Shore, was born March 17, 1909, at Chariton and had been a resident of Knoxville since 1952. She was an active member of the Apostolic Church and also associated with the Marion County Chapter for Retarded Children.
She was united in marriage, on November 28, 1928, to Ernest Kermit Wagner, in Knoxville, Iowa.
Surviving is eleven children, Ernest E. Wagner of Rochelle, Ill., Mrs. Robert (Ramona) Mackey of Tracy, James L. of Alameda, Calif., Melvin of Creston, Mrs. Lettie Robinson, Mrs. Ellen Gundrum, Mrs. Howard (Marjorie) Hester, Mrs. Harold (Ann) Simmons, David, Jesse, and Mrs. Ivan (Ester) Grinstead, Knoxville.
And her mother, Mrs. Lettie Shore of Knoxville; 21 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Corwin Shore of Lynnville and Leon of Newton; and two sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Mary) Neff of Monroe, and Mrs. Glen (Dorothy) Copeland of Ft. Madison.
Marion County Newspapers 1971