ROSA WAGNER

LILBOURN, Mo. -- Rosa Lee Wagner, 85, of Westland, Mich., died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.

She was born April 11, 1916, in Lilbourn, daughter of Gusdavis and Amanda Ewing Tinsley. She and the Rev. Herman L. Wagner were married June 6, 1941, in Lilbourn. He died March 29, 1996.

Wagner received a bachelor of science degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1960, and received a master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University in 1969.

She taught at schools in Lilbourn, East Prairie, Senath, Chaffee and Warrenton, Mo. She was active in United Methodist Churches where she lived.

Survivors include two daughters, Margery Trower of East Lansing, Mich., Lorraine Steele of Westland; a brother, Joseph Tinsley of Marble Hill, Mo.; three sisters, Zallah Bell of Lilbourn, Ann Haley and Mary Rouland of Granite City, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, two brothers, and a sister.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Mo., from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Lilbourn. The Rev. Bill Reid will officiate. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn.