Dora Mae “Dode” Wagner

Dora Mae “Dode” Wagner

Dora Mae “Dode” Wagner

1913-2016

Dora Mae “Dode” Wagner, 102, Maryville, Missouri, died Monday, February 1, 2016, at Parkdale Manor Care Center, Maryville, Missouri.

Dode was born October 18, 1913, in Gallatin, Missouri to George Mathew and Lucy Luella Knapp Lee.

A 1931 graduate of Gallatin, Missouri High School, she also attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville. She and Robert Woodrow Wagner were married June 9, 1935, in Osceloa, Missouri.

She taught school for 12 years in Davies and Nodaway counties, the last was Rockford Country School in 1943. During and following WW II, Dode and Robert owned and operated Wagner Freight Lines. She and Robert then became the proprietors’ of “The Palms” and later the “Smoke Shop” during the 1960’s and 70’s.

Dode joined the Maryville First United Methodist Church May 1, 1933 and participated in the quilting club for many years until she could no longer physically participate. She was a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and past member of Soroptimist and Good Neighbors Clubs.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Robert Wagner (December 11, 1980), three brothers: John William, Roscoe Harvey, and Harold Edward Lee and sister Georgia Luella Wilson.

Surviving Dode are her children Robert L. (Barbara) Wagner, Kansas City, Missouri and Katherine K. George, Homer, Alaska; grandchildren Michele L. Skinner (Zach), Kansas City, Missouri, Steve R. Wagner, Gardner, Kansas and Kacey L. (Alana) Shupp, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada.

Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 8, 2016, at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, with a Visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service.

Burial will follow in Nodaway Memorial Gardens, Maryville.Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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