Mellette County, South Dakota
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Wagner Surname
Excerpt from memorial ceremony progam - Contributed by Rita Bergendahl
Richard Wesley Wagner grew up southwest of Wood, South Dakota on his family's ranch. He attended Mitchell country school and high school in Wood, SD.
At age 14 he went to work for Frank Krogman feeding steer calves in the winter time with a bronc team and hay wagon. He later worked for Louie Krogman.
He loved to rodeo, and had won several all-around events, including saddle bronc and bull riding. He participated in rodeos all over the United States, including Madison Square Garden in New York at the age of 15 (in which he placed). During a rodeo at Crow Creek Agency, Montana, USA, the rodeo announcer said "Wes Wagner has been all over the world and various other places."
He lived life to the fullest. He loved nature and the freedom of the prairie. Hunting, trapping and training hunting dogs was some of his many passions. He rode mules to trap lynx, mountain lion and coyote in Oregon, California and Navada. He enjoyed trapping beaver and bobcat in South Dakota. He was a hunting guide in South Dakota in his later years.
Wes's ashes are now free on the prairie surrounded by the wildlife he so loved.
Richard Wesley Wagner grew up southwest of Wood, South Dakota on his family's ranch. He attended Mitchell country school and high school in Wood, SD.
At age 14 he went to work for Frank Krogman feeding steer calves in the winter time with a bronc team and hay wagon. He later worked for Louie Krogman.
He loved to rodeo, and had won several all-around events, including saddle bronc and bull riding. He participated in rodeos all over the United States, including Madison Square Garden in New York at the age of 15 (in which he placed). During a rodeo at Crow Creek Agency, Montana, USA, the rodeo announcer said "Wes Wagner has been all over the world and various other places."
He lived life to the fullest. He loved nature and the freedom of the prairie. Hunting, trapping and training hunting dogs was some of his many passions. He rode mules to trap lynx, mountain lion and coyote in Oregon, California and Navada. He enjoyed trapping beaver and bobcat in South Dakota. He was a hunting guide in South Dakota in his later years.
Wes's ashes are now free on the prairie surrounded by the wildlife he so loved.
LLOYD WAGNER OBITUARY (Transcribed from original typed document)
Lloyd John Wagner was born at Verdell, Nebraska on October 29, 1894--the son of Richard and Clarabell Wagner. In 1908 his parents traded land in Knox County Nebraska for land in Indian Territory south of Wood near the site of the old White Thunder day school. Lloyd, who was ten at the time of the move, remembered breaking sod with a mule and walking plow. The family later moved to Oregon, but Lloyd chose to stay in the Wood area, and worked as a cowboy for various people. After serving in the army during World War I, Lloyd returned to South Dakota and worked a number of different jobs until 1932. On March 4, 1932 he married Emeline Good at Wood, South Dakota and they began farming despite the weather conditions of the 30's.
Lloyd was a lifetime member of the American Legion McBride Post 19 of Wood. He passed away on March 26, 1982 at the Pine View Nursing Home in Valentine where he had lived for the past two years.
Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, 3 sisters, 3 brothers and one granddaughter. He leaves to mourn his passing his four children: one son, Richard of California,; three daughters Lloydene Switzer of Alda, Nebraska, Elaine Hight of Presho, South Dakota, and Ione Hickerson of Newport, Oregon. He is also survived by one brother, Albert, of Salem, Oregon, 2 sisters: Elta of Seneca, Oregon, and Lela, of Battle Ground, Washington, as well as 22 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
AN ORIGINAL PIONEER (Transcribed Sermon of Rev. Richard Rinearson)
One of the privileges that comes in being a minister in this area of Western South Dakota is the opportunity to meet and share with the last of a dying breed among us: the American pioneer. This is a country of pioneers-men and women who came out here in their youth. Sometimes with their parents. Sometimes with a new husband or bride. Sometimes alone. But they came. They came to settle and to work, to open new territory and begin new towns, to stake their claims and face whatever had to be faced in order to survive. There aren’t doo many of these pioneers left among us settled stock anymore, and Lloyd Wagner was one of the first. He came in 1908 to this newly opened territory, and yes, he could remember breaking virgin sod behind his mule and walking plow. Here Lloyd Wagner at the age of ten broke new ground, and here as a young man he staked his claim, even after his parents had decided to new fields in Oregon. Yes, whatever else can be said about Lloyd Wagner, he was a pioneer, and it was a privilege to know him.
And yet every privilege seems to carry with it a problem, doesn’t it? And one problem that some stay-at-home ministers like myself have with pioneers like Lloyd is that for the most part they aren’t and never have been what we like to call “church” people; the regulars at Sunday morning worship. But I've learned not to let that bother me too much, because I've learned that that doesn't mean that folks like Lloyd were without faith. Indeed, the very foundation on which the pioneer based his life was the ground of faith-the willingness to go into unseen territory and face unknown obstacles and fight against seemingly impossible odds. That’s the kind of faith you can’t teach in a sermon. That’s the kind of faith that has to be lived. And Lloyd Wagner lived his faith. He didn't make it to church real regular because in his day when he first arrived here there weren't any churches to go to. And besides, for most pioneers, churches are too staid and established to hold their interest. The church represents settlement, and the pioneer is usually too busy looking over the next horizon to look back behind him. Lloyd was a pioneer. And Lloyd lived his faith.
But Lloyd’s frontiers weren’t limited just to the opening of a new territory. In many ways, Lloyd’s generation stood at the forefront of a whole new era; going from horse and buggy to the automobile to the shpace ship in one life time. From the advent of radio to the landing of a man on the moon, Lloyd saw it all, and not just as a spectator but as a participant, from ushering in a new generation of South Dakotans into a new territory to fighting in Europe as a soldier in World War I, to running a ranch and raising a family through the dust bowl days of the 30's and the dark days of yet another World War in the 40's. They were times of constant change; times of transition; with new world's to be opened and old world's to be defended. The mark of Lloyd Wagner's breed of pioneers was their willingness to adapt, their willingness to adjust to whatever the circumstances demanded, and their willingness and ability to accept change as a part of life.
And now the life of Lloyd Wagner has come to yet another new frontier. Today marks the time of yet another period of transition, both for Lloyd and for those of you who loved him. For death marks the final frontier that each and everyone of us must face. In Margaret Craven's book, I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME, a young priest is sent by his Bishop into the wilderness area of Northwest Canada to minister there. The young priest does not know it yet, but he is dying of cancer. After two years just learning how to survive in this wilderness frontier, the young priest's Bishop comes to meet with him, to share with him that the hour of death is near. "Mark," the Bishop begins, "I've sent you here for one reason. Because here where only the essentials count, it's easier to learn what every human being must learn in this lifetime." "And what is that, my Lord," asks the young priest. "Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die."
Lloyd Wagner knew the meaning of life . He lived his life here on the frontier where only the essentials count. Lloyd Wagner, dare say, was ready to die . He has once again gone on ahead of us to break new ground, to search out a new territory, and prepare the way for those of us who will follow him. And so today we let him go. Today we bid him "good-bye" and "Godspeed." And we do so with the assurance that Lloyd is not alone on this final journey, but with God, who has called yet another pioneer home.
LLOYD WAGNER MEMORIAL SERVICE CARD (Transcribed from the memorial service program)
IN MEMORY OF
LLOYD J. WAGNER
October 29, 1894 March 26, 1982
SERVICES
Monday, March 29, 1982, 2:00 P.M.
Wood Community Hall
Wood, South Dakota
Rev. Richard Rinearson, Officiating
INTERMENT
Evergreen Cemetery
Wood, South Dakota
Rites, McBride Post #19, American Legion
CASKETBEARERS
Tommy Joe Fox Pitt Jaros
Robert Bennett Monty Piper
Wally Laudenslager Ted Schmidt
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
All His Friends
SINGERS
Ted Johnson Winfred Sumner
ORGANIST
Erma Worcestor
Lloyd John Wagner was born at Verdell, Nebraska on October 29, 1894--the son of Richard and Clarabell Wagner. In 1908 his parents traded land in Knox County Nebraska for land in Indian Territory south of Wood near the site of the old White Thunder day school. Lloyd, who was ten at the time of the move, remembered breaking sod with a mule and walking plow. The family later moved to Oregon, but Lloyd chose to stay in the Wood area, and worked as a cowboy for various people. After serving in the army during World War I, Lloyd returned to South Dakota and worked a number of different jobs until 1932. On March 4, 1932 he married Emeline Good at Wood, South Dakota and they began farming despite the weather conditions of the 30's.
Lloyd was a lifetime member of the American Legion McBride Post 19 of Wood. He passed away on March 26, 1982 at the Pine View Nursing Home in Valentine where he had lived for the past two years.
Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, 3 sisters, 3 brothers and one granddaughter. He leaves to mourn his passing his four children: one son, Richard of California,; three daughters Lloydene Switzer of Alda, Nebraska, Elaine Hight of Presho, South Dakota, and Ione Hickerson of Newport, Oregon. He is also survived by one brother, Albert, of Salem, Oregon, 2 sisters: Elta of Seneca, Oregon, and Lela, of Battle Ground, Washington, as well as 22 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
AN ORIGINAL PIONEER (Transcribed Sermon of Rev. Richard Rinearson)
One of the privileges that comes in being a minister in this area of Western South Dakota is the opportunity to meet and share with the last of a dying breed among us: the American pioneer. This is a country of pioneers-men and women who came out here in their youth. Sometimes with their parents. Sometimes with a new husband or bride. Sometimes alone. But they came. They came to settle and to work, to open new territory and begin new towns, to stake their claims and face whatever had to be faced in order to survive. There aren’t doo many of these pioneers left among us settled stock anymore, and Lloyd Wagner was one of the first. He came in 1908 to this newly opened territory, and yes, he could remember breaking virgin sod behind his mule and walking plow. Here Lloyd Wagner at the age of ten broke new ground, and here as a young man he staked his claim, even after his parents had decided to new fields in Oregon. Yes, whatever else can be said about Lloyd Wagner, he was a pioneer, and it was a privilege to know him.
And yet every privilege seems to carry with it a problem, doesn’t it? And one problem that some stay-at-home ministers like myself have with pioneers like Lloyd is that for the most part they aren’t and never have been what we like to call “church” people; the regulars at Sunday morning worship. But I've learned not to let that bother me too much, because I've learned that that doesn't mean that folks like Lloyd were without faith. Indeed, the very foundation on which the pioneer based his life was the ground of faith-the willingness to go into unseen territory and face unknown obstacles and fight against seemingly impossible odds. That’s the kind of faith you can’t teach in a sermon. That’s the kind of faith that has to be lived. And Lloyd Wagner lived his faith. He didn't make it to church real regular because in his day when he first arrived here there weren't any churches to go to. And besides, for most pioneers, churches are too staid and established to hold their interest. The church represents settlement, and the pioneer is usually too busy looking over the next horizon to look back behind him. Lloyd was a pioneer. And Lloyd lived his faith.
But Lloyd’s frontiers weren’t limited just to the opening of a new territory. In many ways, Lloyd’s generation stood at the forefront of a whole new era; going from horse and buggy to the automobile to the shpace ship in one life time. From the advent of radio to the landing of a man on the moon, Lloyd saw it all, and not just as a spectator but as a participant, from ushering in a new generation of South Dakotans into a new territory to fighting in Europe as a soldier in World War I, to running a ranch and raising a family through the dust bowl days of the 30's and the dark days of yet another World War in the 40's. They were times of constant change; times of transition; with new world's to be opened and old world's to be defended. The mark of Lloyd Wagner's breed of pioneers was their willingness to adapt, their willingness to adjust to whatever the circumstances demanded, and their willingness and ability to accept change as a part of life.
And now the life of Lloyd Wagner has come to yet another new frontier. Today marks the time of yet another period of transition, both for Lloyd and for those of you who loved him. For death marks the final frontier that each and everyone of us must face. In Margaret Craven's book, I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME, a young priest is sent by his Bishop into the wilderness area of Northwest Canada to minister there. The young priest does not know it yet, but he is dying of cancer. After two years just learning how to survive in this wilderness frontier, the young priest's Bishop comes to meet with him, to share with him that the hour of death is near. "Mark," the Bishop begins, "I've sent you here for one reason. Because here where only the essentials count, it's easier to learn what every human being must learn in this lifetime." "And what is that, my Lord," asks the young priest. "Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die."
Lloyd Wagner knew the meaning of life . He lived his life here on the frontier where only the essentials count. Lloyd Wagner, dare say, was ready to die . He has once again gone on ahead of us to break new ground, to search out a new territory, and prepare the way for those of us who will follow him. And so today we let him go. Today we bid him "good-bye" and "Godspeed." And we do so with the assurance that Lloyd is not alone on this final journey, but with God, who has called yet another pioneer home.
LLOYD WAGNER MEMORIAL SERVICE CARD (Transcribed from the memorial service program)
IN MEMORY OF
LLOYD J. WAGNER
October 29, 1894 March 26, 1982
SERVICES
Monday, March 29, 1982, 2:00 P.M.
Wood Community Hall
Wood, South Dakota
Rev. Richard Rinearson, Officiating
INTERMENT
Evergreen Cemetery
Wood, South Dakota
Rites, McBride Post #19, American Legion
CASKETBEARERS
Tommy Joe Fox Pitt Jaros
Robert Bennett Monty Piper
Wally Laudenslager Ted Schmidt
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS
All His Friends
SINGERS
Ted Johnson Winfred Sumner
ORGANIST
Erma Worcestor
Wagner, Lloyd John Grubb (29 Oct 1894 - 26 Mar 1982)
Spouse: Emeline Viola Crystal (Good) Wagner (12 Jan 1914 - 28 Nov 1974)
Spouse: Emeline Viola Crystal (Good) Wagner (12 Jan 1914 - 28 Nov 1974)
Lloyd and Emeline Wagner Homestead
Wagner, Richard Wesley "Wes" (16 Dec 1933 - 21 Aug 2002)
Spouse: Dorothy Lucille (Krogman) Wagner (Living)
Spouse: Dorothy Lucille (Krogman) Wagner (Living)
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