Dorothea M. Wagner
Born: February 17th, 1909
Died: January 15th, 1929
Obituary
Miss Dorothy M. Wagner, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Wagner, 1955 Orchard street, passed away last night at 7 o'clock at St. Francis hospital where she had been a patient since last Wednesday. She was taken ill about Christmas with the flu which developed into double pneumonia. Dorothy Marie Wagner was born in Burlington, February 17, 1909. She was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wagner, and had made this city her home her entire life. She attend Prospect Hill grade school and graduated from Burlington high school in 1926. For a year Miss Wagner had been employed as an operator at the local telephone exchange. She was popular among the younger set of the city and won scores of friends by her amiable disposition and pleasant manner. To her friends and acquaintances her death comes as a great shock. She was a member of St. John's Catholic church. Surviving Miss Wagner besides her parents, are one brother, Raymond at home, and two grandparents, Mrs. John Menne and Mrs. Jake Wagner, both of Burlington. The remains were taken to the residence and arrangements for the funeral will be announced later,