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Albert 'Al' Wagner, Jr.

Albert "Al" Wagner, Jr.

Jan 6, 1943 - Jul 24, 2009
Albert Wagner of Riverton died at Riverton Memorial Hospital late Friday morning, July 24, 2009. He was 66.

Cremation has taken place and no services will be held.

Albert "Al" Wagner, Jr., was born in Lander on Jan. 6, 1943, the son of Albert E. Wagner and Pauline Lena (Burback) Wagner. He was graduated from Dubois High School and the University of Wyoming.

He lived in Dubois for 18 years, in Cheyenne for eight years, in Roseville, Calif., and then Flagstaff, Ariz., for two one-half years each, in Denver for 16 years, and then had lived in Riverton for the past five years.

Mr. Wagner married Nancy Jane Laskowski in Carson City, Nev., on Sept. 8, 1977.

Mr. Wagner was a land appraiser for the U.S. government. He had worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Hot Springs County Weed and Pest Control District, Wyoming State Land Office, and as an appraiser in Denver of the Bureau of Land Management.

At UW, Mr. Wagner was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.

He was of the Episcopal faith and his family described him as an outdoor sportsman.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Wagner of Riverton; a son, Cody Wagner of Littleton, Colo.; a daughter, Tawnya Herdt of Powell; grandchildren, Brady Herdt, Bryson Herdt, and Caleb Wagner; a sister, Shirley Thompson of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and brother-in-law, Tom Thompson.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Harold Wagner; mother, Pauline Wagner, and father, Albert E. Wagner, Sr.

On-line obituaries are available and condolences for the family may be made at: thedavisfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.