Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sue C. Walters Wagner

Oct. 21, 1938 - Jan. 12, 2008

South Bend Tribune 1/13/2008
MISHAWAKA- Sue C. Walters Wagner, 69, of Mishawaka died at 1 a.m. Saturday, January 12, 2008, in Wedgewood Pines Assisted Living, South Bend, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Wagner was born on October 21, 1938 in Mishawaka to the late Francis and Helen (Fulmer) Walters and was a lifetime area resident.

On June 16, 1979, in South Bend she married J. Bruce Wagner who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth (Daniel) Kruk of New Carlisle, IN and Ann (Scott) Long of Mansfield, TX; one son, Christian (April) Gourley of Martinsville, IN; two step-daughters, Deborah (Rick) Hudak of Granger, IN and Wendy (Fred) Cotton of Carpentersville, IL; 11 grandchildren; and one sister, Joyce Laughlin of East Grand Rapids, MI. Sue was employed by the Mishawaka-Penn Public Library as a children's librarian. She was active with the Osceola Community Players and a former member of the Junior League of South Bend. The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful, loving caregivers at Wedgewood Pines Assisted Living.

Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday, January 15 in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Rd., with Rev. Robert Curtis, former pastor of First Baptist Church, South Bend, officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call in the funeral home on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the time of service at noon. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN, 46637 or to the Alzheimer's Services of Northern Indiana, P.O. Box 4204, South Bend, IN, 46634.