Obituary of Hans Wagener

Hans Kurt Wagener died January 23, 2013 at the age of 90. He was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany to Wilhelm and Anne Wagener on August 27, 1922. He served in the German Navy until 1948. In Hakone, Japan, he met and married Hertha Oetmann in 1946. Upon their return to Germany, he worked as a coal miner until they immigrated to Cottage Grove, Oregon. After his retirement from Weyerhaeuser in 1984, he moved to Springfield, Oregon. Hans is survived by a brother, Wilhelm Wagener of Dinslaken, Germany; daughters Elke Green and Ilona Cahill of Springfield; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a son, Wolfram and wife Hertha. Arrangements by Springfield Memorial Funeral Home.