Balthasar WAGNER

                   NATURALIZATION: 1 Jun 1935; certificate #3864797; resides in Linton ND; from microfilm; 
a copy in poss of Ted Becker, Williston ND.
RESEARCHER: Terry Deichert, Bismarck ND; SPOUSE: Josephine Lipp, married 19 Oct 1920.
CEMETERY: ST ANTHONY RC, Linton ND; indexed by Ronald Kremer.
OBITUARY OF SON:  Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, ND, USA, 16 Oct 2008.
Edward Wagner, 80, Bismarck, passed away, Oct. 14, 2008, at Medcenter One, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Church of the Ascension, Bismarck, with the Rev. Jerry Kautzman officiating. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with a prayer service beginning at 7 p.m. Visitation continues one hour before the service at the church. Edward was born Jan. 16, 1928, at Linton, to Balzar and Josephine (Lipp) Wagner. He was raised and educated in Linton, where he graduated from high school. On Nov. 15, 1949, he married Magdalena Johs in Hague. Edward began working for KEM Electric Cooperative in 1949 as a lineman, and retired in 1989 as a lineman superintendent. He enjoyed bowling, fishing, camping and traveling. He was a member of St. Anthony Church Council, American Legion, served on the Linton Municipal Airport board, and was a Linton City Councilman. He is survived by his wife, Lena; one daughter and son-in-law, Glorietta and Delmer Meidinger, St. Cloud, Minn.; three sons, Ronald Wagner, Elgin, South Carolina, Mark Wagner, Fargo, and Thomas Wagner and his special friend, Bobbi Hart, Coon Rapids, Minn.; one sister, Berna Wagner, Sioux City, Iowa; five brothers and four sisters-in-law, Jack (Celia) Wagner, Linton, Pete Wagner, Spokane, Wash., Bill (Vangie) Wagner, Bismarck, Rueben (Ginger) Wagner, Seattle, and Andy (Vickie) Wagner, Bismarck; five grandchildren, Daniel Wagner, Chad Meidinger, Wendy Laugen, Christopher Wagner and Sarah Wagner; three great-grandchildren, Jeremy, Ariana and Zachary; and three step-great-grandchildren, Kendra, Alex and Tom. Edward was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Eugene and Pius; and one sister, Luella.