Age 80, Lawton - Graveside service will be at 2:00pm Monday at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin with Chaplain Jim McGuire, Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma officiating. Mr. Wagner died Wednesday in Lawton. Burial with Air Force Honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born May 30, 1929 in Gate City, Virginia to Oscar Leonard and Eva (Lane) Wagner. He was raised and attended schools in Gate City. He enlisted in the US Navy in June of 1945 and was called to active duty in October of 1945 at NRS in Roanoke, Virginia. He served aboard several ships in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Mediterranean. They were the USS Tuscaloosa, USS Martin H. Ray, USS Salinah, and the USS Adria. He was discharged in May of 1949. He then enlisted in the US Air Force in September of 1949, and was discharged January of 1953. He served tours in the US, Germany and North Africa. He earned the following awards, the American Theatre Ribbon, Occupation Medal-Germany, WW II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. After his discharge from the Air Force, he moved to California where he was employed by Convair and later General Dynamics from 1953 until 1964. He then worked for Sears from 1964 until 1988. He also worked for M&H Motors and was a member of the VFW Post 1193. He married Barbara June Hitt Osborn in 1952 at Fort Smith, Arkansas. They divorced in October of 1980. He then married Rebecca A. McKnight Nida at Lawton on August 28, 1981. She died November 4, 2008. He is survived by six children and their spouses, Leonard D. and Sherry Wagner of Choctaw, OK, Terry and Michelle Wagner of Piedmont, OK, Jim and Cory Wagner of Lawton, OK, Karen and Doug Smith of Lawton, OK, Beverly Hill of Lawton, OK and Stephen A. and Jamie Nida, Jr. of North Carolina. He is also survived by 10 Grandchildren, 12 Great Grandchildren, his sister Geneva France of Kingsport, TN and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, 2 brothers and one sister.