Bennie Wagner Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Bennie Wagner, 92, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at the V.A. Medical Center in North Chicago. He was born July 16, 1930 in Spearfish, SD and had been a Lake Forest resident since 1947. Ben retired after 20 years of Military Service with the US Navy, serving as Chief Hospital Corpsman in Korea. Following his military career, he was the water plant operator for the City of Lake Forest and retired from the same at Fort Sheridan. He served at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea and was a member of the Chosin Few. Ben had also been a 5 term president and very active member of the Knollwood Sportsman’s Club and a member of the Lake Forest American Legion Post. Surviving is his wife of 72 years, Carol Wagner, his son Michael (Julie) Wagner, 5 grandsons and 4 great granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his parents, Millard and Sarah Wagner; his daughters, Jolene Wagner and Jody Stege and his sister, Marjorie Custis. Visitation will begin at10:30 am followed by a service at 12 Noon on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at the Burnett-Dane Funeral Home, 120 W. Park Ave. (Rt. 176, one block west of Milwaukee Ave.) Libertyville. Interment will military honors will follow at Lakeside Cemetery in Libertyville. Memorial contributions can be made to either Pancreatic Cancer (www.pancan.org) 15 Rosecrans Ave. #200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Info: 847-362-3009 or please share a memory at www.burnettdane.com.

Bennie Wagner

July 16, 1930 - July 29, 2022