James M. Wagner, age 90 years passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his home in Warsaw, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Born on April 26, 1925 in Pontiac, MI, Jim graduated Baldwin High School in Birmingham, MI in 1943. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1949. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II on a destroyer escort. He married Jean Tucker Shortt in 1947. Jean preceded him in death. He married Frances Heer England in 1975. Frances preceded him in death. In 1980 after 30 years, Jim retired from Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors. He was a member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club of Kansas City and rode horses in the S and S Patrol at the American Royal. He loved hunting, horseback riding, fishing, riding ATV's, the Rock Farm, the annual Kansas "cowboy" horseback trip with his closest friends, and spending time with his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Jim will be remembered by those who loved him or called him friend as one who loved life and lived it to the fullest.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilson and Arvilla Wagner, and his son Michael England.

He is survived by his three remaining children, Gary Lynn England, Jan Suzanne Conner, and Jeffrey Wilton Wagner; one brother Harry Wagner, his grandchildren Michael England, Richard England, Aaron England, Jeramiah England, Taylor Wagner, and Grace Wagner, and 8 great grandchildren, Kyle, Zachery, Nathan, Victoria, Derek, Arianna, Kyrie, Daniel, Evelyn.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.