Maxine Wagner

Mary “Maxine” Wagner, 96, of Nelsonville, passed away Friday March 1, 2019 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus.  She was born May 4, 1922, the daughter of the late Edward Clay and Hattie Mae Barrell McDonald.  She was the widow of the late Bernard P. “Pig” Wagner.  They were married for 70 years, and he passed away in 2012.

She was greatly loved by her family and will be sadly missed.  Her family will carry on her tradition of looking to the sky for those treasured blue holes in search of glorious sunny days.

Maxine is survived by a son, Tim (Joanie) Wagner of Nelsonville; daughters, Libby (Tim) Watkins of Nelsonville and Laurie (Paul) Reed of Middleport; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 3 great great-grandchildren; brother, Tom (Barb) McDonald of Nelsonville; brother in law, Jack (Shirley) Wagner of Rapid City, South Dakota; sister, Sarah Conner of Nelsonville; many nieces and nephews, including Mary Burchfield.

Along with her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Russ McDonald; sisters, Faye Slater and Ruth Robey.

A Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday March 5, 2019 at St. Mary of the Hills Catholic Church, 17645 Bank St., Buchtel, Ohio 45716.  Rev. MSGR Don Horak officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Nelsonville.  Friends may visit Monday from 4-7 p.m. at the Souers-Cardaras Funeral Home, 46 Fayette St., Nelsonville.

Donations in memory of Maxine Wagner may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN. 38105 or online at www.stjude.org

Please sign her online guestbook at www.cardaras.com