Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wagar, Nanta (Wells) November 16, 1914
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Ionia Daily Sentinel – Thurs. Nov. 19, 1914

MRS. F. L. WAGAR’S DEATH WAS SUDDEN

SHE WAS DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JUDGE WILLARD B. WELLS AND

An Ionia Girl – Died Monday at the Family Home in Washington, D. C. – Burial 
Saturday in Ionia – Interment Highland Park.

The news of the death of Mrs. Fred L. Wagar was not only unlooked for here, but 
a shock to many of the older residents of the city who in the earlier days were 
neighborly acquaintances of the Wells family, when Judge Wells lived in the 
home he built at the corner of East Main and South Jefferson streets. 

Nanta Wells Wagar, wife of Fred L. Wagar, died at their home in Washington, D. 
C. as previously announced in The Sentinel, last Monday night Nov. 16. Her 
death was sudden and unexpected, and the first intimation came in a message to 
her sister, Mrs. R. Lee Page announcing her critical illness. Mrs. Page left on 
the Monday afternoon train, arriving in Washington Tuesday after the death 
occurred.

The funeral party will arrive in Ionia Friday evening, those accompanying the 
remains being the husband, Fred L. Wagar, daughter, Miss Portia and son, “H. 
R.,” Ernest E. Wagar, brother of Mr. Wagar, and Mrs. R. Lee Page, sister.

The parents of Fred L. Wagar, Hon. and Mrs. H. R. Wagar, who were in Washington 
for the winter, will not come to Ionia. The funeral service here will be 
conducted by Rev. A. R. Mitchell of St John’s Episcopal church, from the home 
of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Page, East Main street Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. 
The remains will be placed in the Wagar mausoleum at Highland Park cemetery, 
being carried there by Ernest S. Wagar, Herbert B. Webber, Herman Van Allen, C. 
B. Wardle, O. S. Wood and Fred A. Stiven.

As stated the death of Mrs. Wagar was sudden but at this time the particulars 
were not known in Ionia. She was the daughter of Judge Willard B. Wells and 
grew to womanhood in Ionia, being a lady very highly esteemed by all who 
enjoyed her acquaintance. She graduated from the Ionia schools and was married 
to Mr. Wagar in the Wells home above referred to, the couple going to 
Washington to make their home. The immediate surviving members of the family 
are the husband, their daughter and son, Portia and “H, R., sister, Mrs. R. Lee 
Page and one brother, Maurice Wells of Portland who is critically ill and 
unable to make the trip to Michigan to attend the funeral. 




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Highland Park Cemetery – Mausoleum 


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