Anthony (Tony) A. Wagner

Anthony "Tony" A. Wagner was born in Dubuque, Iowa on September 20, 1921 to George and Margaret Wagner. He was a Master Sergeant with the US Army Combat Engineers in WWII in the Philippine Islands and New Guinea. Through the GI Bill, in 1950 he was graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned his Professional Engineer License shortly afterward. He married his wife, Shirley, on May 31, 1947, a union that lasted 60 years until Shirley's death in 2007. He was active in the AMVETs and the Knights of Columbus in Cedar Falls, Iowa, being the first Grand Knight of Council 4516. He worked at Wayne Pump & Tokheim in Fort Wayne before accepting a position as V.P. of Engineering at Viking Pump in Cedar Falls, Iowa, from which he retired in 1985. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church. He enjoyed playing euchre, fishing in Canada and hunting in Iowa with his sons, son-in-law, grandsons, and great grandsons. He enjoyed golfing, tending to a large garden, family gatherings and attending his children’s and grandchildren’s school events and special activities. He loved working with his hands and helping out his children with home building projects. His handcrafted sandboxes, wooden bunny Easter baskets and critter keepers will be forever treasured by each of his grandchildren. He was always there when you needed him, giving unselfishly and always with a twinkle in his eye. Survivors include children Tom (Jeanne) Wagner, Tim (Karen) Wagner, Terry (Yvonne) Wagner, Tammy (Bob) Warner, Tracy (Phil) Roach, Trudy (Brandon) Landers, and Tony (Elaine) Wagner, all of Fort Wayne; grandchildren Carrie (Scott) Heck, Katie (Nathan) Steigmeyer, Jim (Erin) Wagner, and Mollie (Dan) Briney, Joe, Emily, and Susie Wagner, Alyssa, Melanie, and Nick Wagner, Kristin, Kelli, Daniel, Megan, and Erika Warner, Tom, Jessica, and Jennifer Roach, Tyler, Taylor, and Trevor Landers, and Irina Wagner; great-grandchildren, Zac, Abbie and Jack Heck, Ben, Maggie and Nicholas Steigmeyer, Allison Wagner, Grace, George, Gus Wagner. Brothers George of St Louis, MO, Leo of Rochester, MN, Walt of Thomasville, GA; Sisters Mary Ann Theisen, Margaret Doerr, Dorothy Eisbach, all of Dubuque, IA and Helen O’Leary of Copake, NY. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, parents, stepmother, Carrie Wagner, brothers John and Joseph and son, Teddy Wagner in 1964. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Good Hope, with burial in the Catholic Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at D.O. McComb & Sons Maplewood Park Funeral Home, 4017 Maplecrest Road in Fort Wayne, where there will be a 4:30 p.m. rosary, and calling for an hour before Mass Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, preferred memorials may be made to the Tony and Shirley Wagner Scholarship Fund at Bishop Dwenger High School. To sign the online guest book, go to www.mccombandsons.com.