Dr. Cary R. Wagner was born on 3 January 1894 in Burlington Twp., Licking Co., OH.
1 He married
Mary Isabelle Meyer daughter of
William Smith Meyer and
Luella Izola Miller, on 24 June 1915 in home of the bride; Reed Street, Mansfield, Richland Co., OH, Episcopalian ring service, ceremony by Rev. A. T. Reasoner. Episcopalian ring service, ceremony by Rev. A. T. Reasoner. Dr. Cary R. Wagner and
Mary Isabelle Meyer were divorced before April 1930. Cary was divorced and remarried to Nancy Elizabeth Sidwell before the April, 1930 census. He died on 18 October 1974 in Wooster, Wayne Co., OH, Obituary --
The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; Saturday, 19 OCT 1974, p.19 (Newspapers.com):
Petroleum leader from Utica dead at 80Cary Wagner, a leader in the petroleum industry and former resident of Utica, died Friday morning in his home at Wooster.
Wagner, 80, was senior vice president of General Analine and Film Corp. and director of General Dyestuffs Corp. until named president of Synthetic and Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association. His positions also included assistant general manager of Lion Oil and Refinery Co. and chief chemist for the former Pure Oil and Refinery Co. of Newark, and he served with the Petroleum Administration for War during World War II.
In 1954, he was appointed chairman of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Ohio Academy of Science.
Wagner was valedictorian of the class of 1915 at College of Wooster, where he earned membership in the honorary society of Phi Beta Kappa. A former chairman of Wooster's board of trustees, he and his wife, Elizabeth Sidwell Wagner, established academic funds and annual academic prizes for top students in mathematics and chemistry, donating over $750,000 to the college.
Wagner held 50 U.S. and foreign patents in the petroleum industry and received the Modern Pioneer Award in 1940. After his graduate work at Purdue University, he was awarded honorary doctorates of science from College in Wooster in 1945 and Marietta College in 1961. He taught German classes at College of Wooster.
He was born Jan. 3, 1894, in Utica to Daniel and Ella (Blue) Wagner, and is survived by his wife.
Private graveside services will be held at Wooster Cemetery. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mackey Hall, Westminster Church House, Wooster. there are no calling hours.
NOTE: He had two children living when he passed -- apparently the second wife omitted them from the obituary. DLB
. Obituary --
The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; Saturday, 19 OCT 1974, p.19 (Newspapers.com):
Petroleum leader from Utica dead at 80Cary Wagner, a leader in the petroleum industry and former resident of Utica, died Friday morning in his home at Wooster.
Wagner, 80, was senior vice president of General Analine and Film Corp. and director of General Dyestuffs Corp. until named president of Synthetic and Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association. His positions also included assistant general manager of Lion Oil and Refinery Co. and chief chemist for the former Pure Oil and Refinery Co. of Newark, and he served with the Petroleum Administration for War during World War II.
In 1954, he was appointed chairman of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Ohio Academy of Science.
Wagner was valedictorian of the class of 1915 at College of Wooster, where he earned membership in the honorary society of Phi Beta Kappa. A former chairman of Wooster's board of trustees, he and his wife, Elizabeth Sidwell Wagner, established academic funds and annual academic prizes for top students in mathematics and chemistry, donating over $750,000 to the college.
Wagner held 50 U.S. and foreign patents in the petroleum industry and received the Modern Pioneer Award in 1940. After his graduate work at Purdue University, he was awarded honorary doctorates of science from College in Wooster in 1945 and Marietta College in 1961. He taught German classes at College of Wooster.
He was born Jan. 3, 1894, in Utica to Daniel and Ella (Blue) Wagner, and is survived by his wife.
Private graveside services will be held at Wooster Cemetery. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mackey Hall, Westminster Church House, Wooster. there are no calling hours.
NOTE: He had two children living when he passed -- apparently the second wife omitted them from the obituary. DLB. He was buried in October 1974 in Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Wayne Co., OH, Findagrave #124999625. Findagrave #124999625.