Lucille Wagner

Lucille Wagner, 94, Warsaw, died at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

She was born May 17, 1928, in Beckley, W.V., to Elsie (Farley) Clark and Luther Clark. Lucille was married on July 15, 1951, to Herbert William Wagner. They were blessed with two daughters, and were overjoyed each time they became grandparents and great-grandparents. Herbert died Jan. 24, 2006, after sharing 54 years of life, love and marriage together.

Lucille earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Concord College in West Virginia. For 27 years, she taught thousands of students as an elementary school teacher for Lorain City Schools in Lorain, Ohio. From 1955-2021, she lived in Lorain, Ohio, where she was a longtime member of the Church of the Open Door in Elyria, Ohio. She moved to Warsaw in 2021 to live with her daughter and enjoyed attending Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. She will be lovingly remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her joy was her family, whom she dearly loved, and of course, her Jesus. Lucille loved serving her Lord all of her life and is now enjoying her eternal home in Heaven.

She leaves behind two daughters, Carol (Jim) Wright, Elyria, Ohio and Faye (Jim) Hocking, Warsaw; two granddaughters, Robin (Greg) Menz, Avon, Ohio and Jennifer (Jacob) Smith, Goldendale, Wash.; four grandsons, Joel (Lily) Hocking, Warsaw, John (Maribeth) Hocking, Warsaw, Jay (Debbie) Hocking, Portland, Ore. and Brian (Chrissy) Sinegar, Columbia City; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers and four sisters.

Lucille’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at a later date. She will be laid to rest alongside her husband at Resthaven Memory Gardens in Avon, Ohio. Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.

Memorial donations in Lucille’s memory may be directed to Water for Good, 9511 Angola Court, Suite 257, Indianapolis, IN 46268.

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.