George Henry Wagner
George Henry Wagner
Nov. 29, 1928 - Feb. 1, 2017
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- George Henry Wagner, 88, died Wednesday, (Feb. 1, 2017), at Columbia.
He was born Nov. 29. 1928 in Culbertson, Neb., to Frank and Pauline Wagner. He graduated from Culbertson High School in 1946. He attended the University of Nebraska and earned a bachelors degree in agronomy in 1950, a M.S. in soil science in 1955, and a PhD at University of Missouri in 1957. In 1950, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Korea. He married Frances Swartwood in 1954. He was a professor of agronomy at the University of Missouri from 1957 to 1992. He was a member of Golden K Kiwanis Club and First Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Wagner.
Survivors include his children, Ronald, Patricia Bornhop, Katherine Barrett, Sandra Bacon, Jerald (Julie), Julie (Paul) Ladehoff, and nine grandchildren.
Services are March 4, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Bach-Yager Funeral Chapel, 1610 N. Garth Ave, Columbia, MO. Donations can be made to Golden K Kiwanis c/o Lawrence Propp, 4914 Royal Lytham Dr, Columbia, MO 65203 or to the Central Missouri Food Bank, 2101 Vandiver Dr, Columbia, MO 65202.
Private interment later and private visitation.