HATTIE WAGNER

Mrs. Charles Wagner, 65, of R. 4, Chilton, died at 4:20 p.m. Friday at Calumet Memorial Hospital following a three months illness.

The former Hattie Behnke, Mrs. Wagner was born Feb. 26, 1892, in the Town of Cato, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Behnke. She attended Rockland Grade School and on Dec. 20, 1912, was married to Charles Wagner in the Town of Eaton. For the past 23 years the couple has lived in the Town of Charlestown. Mrs. Wagner was a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Collins.

Survivors are her husband; a son, Everett, of Reedsville; six grand-children; three brothers, Henry Behnke, Collins, Frederick Behnke, Reedsville, and Paul Behnke, Brillion; and nine sisters, Mrs. Arno Seehower, Mrs. Otto Rusch, Mrs. Hugo Zutz, Mrs. Wilmer Kanter and Mrs. Ferderick Graf, all of Brillion, Mrs. John Utke, Mrs. Alfred Ziemer and Mrs. Behnke, Reedsville, and Mrs. Art Otto, Chilton.
Four children and two brothers preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Erbe-Hoffman Funeral Home, Chilton, and 2 p.m. at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Collins. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Sheboygan Press, Saturday, June 29, 1957 P. 8
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Wagner, Hattie nee Behnke (at first went by the name Wegner) (Feb. 26, 1892-June 28, 1957 –wife of Charles Wagner [married Dec. 20, 1912 in Town of Eaton] –daughter of Edward Behnke and Helen Damm –born Town of Cato –died from “labor pneumonia, 1 week –abdominal distention, 10 days –due to intestinal adhesions –chronic nephrites, years”) –buried at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Town of Rockland [death record Calumet 14-444]