OBITUARY: MARY JANE WAGNER
OBITUARY: MARY JANE WAGNER News Staff Sun, 09/29/2024 - 14:51 Subheader body October 16, 1942 — September 24, 2024 In-page image(s) X Small Image Body Mary Jane Wagner, 81 of Canadian stepped into her heavenly home Tuesday, September 24, 2024.Funeral services were held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, September 29, in the Canadian Methodist Church with Gary Jahnel officiating. A private burial will be held Monday, September 30, in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian.Mary Jane Dungan Wagner was born October 16, 1942, in Krebs, Oklahoma to Tommie Loil Dungan and Martha Garigan Dungan. She lived in Krebs until she was 13 years old when the family moved to Moab, Utah. The family lived on a school bus for a time. Mary worked in the orchards until she moved back to Texas. While living in Gruver, she met Clarence Wagner. They married September 9, 1965. Mary and Clarence were married almost 53 years. He preceded her in death in 2018. Mary loved being a homemaker and taking care of her family. In those early years, they took the girls and hauled hay together. When the girls left home, Mary got her CDL; she and Clarence drove trucks across the US and Canada for 14 years. Mary loved to cook. She cooked and made a home for her and Clarence in the truck. She loved to mall shop for the grandkids while Clarence napped in the truck. While on the road Mary would put together baby blankets and sew them together when they returned home. She also loved to make doll clothes and taking quilting classes. It was not unusual for Mary to open her home, pay a bill, clothe and feed someone in need. Holton would say, “Meme is the best!”Also preceding her in death were her parents, Tommie and Martha Garigan; and a sister, Lou Ella Martin.Those left to cherish Mary’s memory are two daughters: Jeanie Cates and husband Ross of Canadian, and Mary Francis Overturf and husband Michael of Johnson City, llinois; two grandchildren, Jessica Dickinson and husband Bo of Borger, and Marshal Cates and wife Brooke of Quitaque; two great-grandchildren, Holton Dickinson and Collins Cates; a sister, Beulah Croasmun of Moab, Utah; three brothers-in-law: John Wagner of El Reno, Oklahoma; Bob Wagner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Kenneth Wagner of Watonga, Oklahoma; and many other family members.Memorials may be made to Mesa View Senior Living, 106 Teas Circle, Canadian, TX 79014, or to Lone Star Angel, PO Box 303, Canadian, TX 79014. Tags Mary Jane Wagner Obituaries
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October 16, 1942 — September 24, 2024
Mary Jane Wagner, 81 of Canadian stepped into her heavenly home Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, September 29, in the Canadian Methodist Church with Gary Jahnel officiating. A private burial will be held Monday, September 30, in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian.
Mary Jane Dungan Wagner was born October 16, 1942, in Krebs, Oklahoma to Tommie Loil Dungan and Martha Garigan Dungan. She lived in Krebs until she was 13 years old when the family moved to Moab, Utah. The family lived on a school bus for a time. Mary worked in the orchards until she moved back to Texas. While living in Gruver, she met Clarence Wagner. They married September 9, 1965. Mary and Clarence were married almost 53 years. He preceded her in death in 2018.
Mary loved being a homemaker and taking care of her family. In those early years, they took the girls and hauled hay together. When the girls left home, Mary got her CDL; she and Clarence drove trucks across the US and Canada for 14 years. Mary loved to cook. She cooked and made a home for her and Clarence in the truck. She loved to mall shop for the grandkids while Clarence napped in the truck. While on the road Mary would put together baby blankets and sew them together when they returned home. She also loved to make doll clothes and taking quilting classes. It was not unusual for Mary to open her home, pay a bill, clothe and feed someone in need. Holton would say, “Meme is the best!”
Also preceding her in death were her parents, Tommie and Martha Garigan; and a sister, Lou Ella Martin.
Those left to cherish Mary’s memory are two daughters: Jeanie Cates and husband Ross of Canadian, and Mary Francis Overturf and husband Michael of Johnson City, llinois; two grandchildren, Jessica Dickinson and husband Bo of Borger, and Marshal Cates and wife Brooke of Quitaque; two great-grandchildren, Holton Dickinson and Collins Cates; a sister, Beulah Croasmun of Moab, Utah; three brothers-in-law: John Wagner of El Reno, Oklahoma; Bob Wagner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Kenneth Wagner of Watonga, Oklahoma; and many other family members.
Memorials may be made to Mesa View Senior Living, 106 Teas Circle, Canadian, TX 79014, or to Lone Star Angel, PO Box 303, Canadian, TX 79014.
