Esther Ruth Wagner, 84, of rural North Manchester, Indiana, died at 6:15 pm, Saturday, June 13, 2020 at her home. She was born March 7, 1936 in Hoytville, Ohio to Grover Cleveland and Mabel Pearl (Buchanan) Anderson.
Esther was a 1954 graduate of Jackson Township High School in Hoytville, and a 1958 graduate of Manchester College with a degree in Elementary Education. She married Duane A. Wagner at the Deshler Church of the Brethren in Deshler, Ohio on August 10, 1958. She was a homemaker and taught Kindergarten at Roann and Chippewa Elementary Schools. Esther was a member of the Urbana Yoke Parish and the Women’s Guild of the Church. She was a former member of the Chester Charmers Home Ec Club and a longtime member of a euchre club. She enjoyed reading, singing, politics, working crossword puzzles, and always enjoyed a good joke.
She is survived by her husband, Duane A. Wagner of rural North Manchester, three children, Mark Wagner of North Manchester, Dawn (Aaron) Mattern and Beth Bell, and her grandson, Eli Mattern, all of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Larry Wade officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are Leader Dogs for the Blind or Wabash County Animal Shelter.
The family would especially like to thank Esther’s caregivers, Kay Cox and Lori Binkerd, for their loving care.
The memorial guest book for Esther may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.