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Obituary- Wagner, Theodore

Theodore S. Wagner

Theodore S. Wagner, of Silver Lake, died at his home Monday evening at 11 o'clock, aged 71 years, 10 months and 9 days. The funeral was held yesterday in the Silver Lake Methodist church conducted by the pastor, Miss Heath and interment made in the Rossville cemetery.

Mr. Wagner was born September 17, 1846, at Harbor Creek, Pa., the eldest of five brothers, George, a half brother who died in Chicago; James, who died in Oklahoma, Harm and John who died at Rossville. December 24, 1874 he married Miss Georgia Leet, of Harbor Creek, at Morheadsville, Pa., and three years later, in 1877, they came to Kansas, settling on a farm east of Maple Hill, where they lived until 1892, when they moved to the farm south of Rossville. In [1920] the family moved to Silver Lake to the former Entsminger farm and joining town, where Mr. Wagner passed away. Many years ago Mr. Wagner united with the Rossville Presbyterian church and kept his membership there to the end.

Mr. Wagner suffered a stroke of Paralysis last Thanksgiving day and his health has been poor since. Enlargement of the liver was the immediate cause of his death. He is survived by his widow, herself and invalid and their only child, Mrs. C.M. Smith of Rossville, and two grandchildren.

[From The Rossville Reporter, July 29, 1920]

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