Charles G. “Chuck” Wagner, formerly of the Ord and Burwell, Nebraska areas passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Legato Living at Heartland Hills in Bellevue, Nebraska at the age of 84.
Charles Gordon Wagner was born on October 28, 1941, in a farmhouse at Ft. Lupton, Colorado, the son of Hollis and Charolette (Adams) Wagner. In 1944, the family moved to a farm near Ulysses, Nebraska, where Chuck and his siblings rode horseback to Ritchie Country School. In 1953, they settled in Burwell, a farm equipped with electricity and plumbing.
Chuck graduated from Burwell High School in 1959, excelling in both football and track, and continued his academic and athletic pursuits at Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln.
In 1962, Chuck married Jeannie Brown; the couple welcomed their first son, Shane in 1963, second son, Rhett in 1964 and their daughter, Paige in 1966.
Chuck worked as a sales manager for Fuller Brush Company, leading his family through Illinois and Missouri before taking up farming in Tupelo, Oklahoma. In 1975, he returned to Burwell, Nebraska, to establish Town and Country Insurance. His career was marked by numerous achievements, including several President’s Awards. He also served as President of the Nebraska State Life and Health Insurance Association Underwriters Association.
In 1992, Chuck married Sally (Stoval) Kremke. They shared a home in Ord and forever loved each other.
Chuck was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Ord and THETA CHI Fraternity. He also engaged in community outreach programs, and enjoyed gardening, woodworking, and building birdhouses.
Chuck will be remembered as a mentor, a dedicated family man, and a true neighbor’s neighbor.
Survivors include his wife, Sally Wagner; two sons and daughters-in-law, Shane and April Wagner and Rhett and Rhonda Wagner; a daughter, Paige; three stepsons, Kurt (Lori) Kremke, Kris (Amy) Kremke and Kerry (Becky) Kremke; eleven grandchildren; foreign exchange son from Finland, Jouni Laatikainen; twenty-seven great grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolyn and Galynn Dexter and Darlene and Ralph Thibodeau; and one sister-in-law, Stella Wagner.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Delbert Wagner; granddaughter, Courtney Wagner; and daughter-in-law, Suzanne Noonan.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at Calamus Trinity Methodist Church in Burwell, Nebraska. Pastor Stephen Williams will officiate. Interment will be in the Cottonwood Cemetery at Burwell, Nebraska. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson’s Foundation https://www.parkinson.org/. Still Waters Funeral Parlor is assisting with the arrangement. Online condolences can be left at www.stillwatersfuneralparlor.com
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