Obit for Mary Ellen Wagoner
Transcribed for the WWW by Pamela Wagoner©1999 wagonerp@ohsu.edu

Saturday, November 23, 1940 The Walla Walla Union Bulletin, Walla Walla,
WA

Mrs. Mary Ellen Wagoner; 79, of the Denney building, died Friday
afternoon, soon after colIapsing on the sidewalk on West Main street,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney E.W. King reported. He said death apparently
was caused by a heart attack.

It was reported that Mrs. Wagoner, apparently out of breath, had
inquired of a passer-by where the YWCA was located. A moment later she
collapsed. She was carried into the Crescent Drug store, a doctor was
summoned, and the fire department rushed to the store with a pulmotor.

King, who arrived at the store soon after the doctor, said that Mrs.
Wagoner apparently was
dead when the doctor arrived.

Born January 15, 1861 in Odessa, MO; she was married to the late Charies
S. Wagoner in Odessa, October 7, 1884. The Wagoner family left Missouri
in 1909, moving to the Fruitvale district  vhere they lived for a short
time before moving to Touchet about 22 years ago.

Wagoner died here in 1922. Mrs. Wagoner had lived in Walla Walla for the
past year. She was a member of the Pioneer Methodist church.

Surviving her are seven children Lyman Wagoner, Delmar Wagoner, Mrs.
Bonnie Inman and Mrs. Daisy Dixon, all of Touchet (Washington), Dewey L
Wagoner, Zillah (Washington), Otto Wagoner  Seattle, and Mrs. L. Graham,
Pleasant Hill, MO; and three  brothers, C. W. Sparks and W. W Sparks of
Missouri and John Sparks of Oklahoma. Twenty-two grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren also survive.