Eleanor Sarah (Shockley) Wagner
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel page 5A - June 3, 2020
Eleanor Sarah
Wagner
October 31, 1925 - June 1, 2020
Delta, Colorado resident,
Eleanor S. Wagner passed
away on Monday, June 1, 2020,
at Delta County Memorial
Hospital. She was 94 years of
age.
Funeral services will be held
at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 4,
2020, at Taylor Funeral Service
Chapel in Delta. Interment will follow in Delta City Cemetery.
Eleanor Sarah Shockley was born on October 31, 1925, to Edgar
C. and Jennie E. (Lyter) Shockley in Carbondale, KS. She grew up
in Columbus, NE, and attended schools there. As a teenager, she
moved to Cheyenne, WY, to work in an airplane assembly plant
in support of the war effort. At the end of the war, she returned to
Columbus.
Eleanor married Cecil Carpenter in April 1946, with whom she
had four daughters. After Cecil’s abrupt departure, Eleanor was
left to raise her daughters on her own with a limited education and
difficult financial circumstances. A woman of incredible strength
and grit, she was determined to keep her family together. There
were many times when she went hungry so her children could
eat. In an effort to provide a better life for her family, she moved
to Fremont, Nebraska in 1958. In 1960, Eleanor began working
at Western Electric on the assembly line, and she retired as an
instructor in 1982.
In 1960, she met the love of her life, Harold W. Wagner, whom
she married on September 16, 1961 in Fremont. They resided in
Fremont until 1982, when they moved to Delta to be closer to her
family. She spent much of the next 20 years helping to care for her
granddaughters, Sarah and Emily. Harold preceded her in death in
1992.
Eleanor was a member of the Community of Christ Church and
the VFW Auxiliary. She volunteered at Delta County Memorial
Hospital and the Delta Senior Center. She enjoyed working puzzles
and taking walks. Her church and her family were very important
in her life.
Eleanor is survived by daughter, Jeanette Roberts of Delta, and
grandchildren, Steven (Dawn) Armstead of Phoenix; Jaydine Fields
(Alex Chliwny) of Tucson, AZ; Sarah Roberts of Washington, D.C.,
and Emily Roberts (David Mayer) of Denver. She was preceded in
death by daughters, Christine Armstead, Sharon Slosser, and Sylvia
Culver, as well as several brothers and sisters.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Community
of Christ Church.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral
Service and Crematory.
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