Dorothy Wagener

Dorothy Ivone (Galbraith) Wagener, age 96, of Storm Lake, Iowa, went to be with her Lord on January 29, 2015. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the Storm Lake Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday until the beginning of the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in care of the Dorothy Wagener Scholarship Fund. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. She was born on May 17, 1918, in Fonda, Iowa to Leon and Julia (Campbell) Galbraith. She grew up on the farm and graduated from Lincoln Lee High School east of Rembrandt in 1932. After getting her teaching certificate from Buena Vista College, Dorothy began teaching country school near Sac City. She met her future husband, L.H. Wagener, at Buena Vista College and they were married on March 5, 1939, in Sioux Rapids. Two children were born to this union, Renauld (Renny) J. and Rex Lee. Dorothy endured all the activities of normal growing boys and enjoyed her years of being a mother very much. Dorothy and Wag and the boys took regular vacations across the United States and out of the country. The family’s first pet experience was with Perkie, a small terrier, years later, Doxie, a dachshund, and about eight years ago Dorothy and Wag received a second dachshund, Holly, as a Christmas present. They have enjoyed her constant companionship and entertainment. Throughout her adult life, Dorothy took pleasure in playing bridge and golf, going dancing with Wag, teaching many classes at church, volunteering as a buyer for the hospital gift shop, consulting as a HODA Decorator and spending time with college girls as a BV sorority advisor. Her greatest joy was entertaining on the lake and spending time with her family and friends. Survivors include L.H., her loving husband of 75 years; her two sons Renny (Sandy) from Ankeny and Rex (Cindy) from Storm Lake; grandchildren Chad, Kayla, Colton (Ann), Travis (Linda), Megan (Aaron), and Dylan (Jenny); great-grandchildren Brandal, Daylan, Isabelle, Zachary, Chelsea, and Elliott; several nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Beulah.

Dorothy Wagener

May 17, 1918 - January 29, 2015