Alice Copley Wagner

Alice Copley Wagner of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2015 at Paul Spring Retirement Community after 97 wonderful years of life. Alice was born Alice Lorraine Copley to the late Alice L. Conlan and Samuel T. Copley on their ranch in Wild Horse Canyon outside King City, California, on November 11, 1917. Alice grew up on the ranch and graduated from King City High School in 1935. In 1947, Alice married LaVerne William "Vern" Wagner, USMC in Farragut, ID. Alice traveled around the world for the next twenty years, raising her three sons and creating a loving and compassionate home for her family in, among other places, Uruguay and Japan, often without Vern around because of his duties as an officer in the Marine Corps. When Colonel Wagner retired in 1968, Alice and Vern settled in Indianapolis, IN, where Alice lived for over forty years and enjoyed playing golf, volunteering at Saint Vincent's Hospital, being an active parishioner at Saint Monica's Catholic Church and creating a wonderful home for her children and grandchildren to visit. After over 55 years of loving marriage, Vern passed away in 2003, and Alice moved to Alexandria, VA in 2009. Alice is survived by her three sons, Thom Wagner of Grand Center, MI, Tim Wagner, and his wife Catherine, of Alexandria, VA and Pete Wagner and his partner, David Romerill of Biddeford, ME; four grandchildren, Andrew Wagner, and his wife Solmaz Pirzadeh, of Bethesda, MD, Emma Fynewever (Wagner), and her husband Ryan, of Caledonia, MI, Hanna Childers (Wagner), and her husband Matt, of Grand Rapids, MI and Christine Wagner of Alexandria, VA; and three great grandsons, Owen, Miles and Timmy. She also leaves behind her sister Shirley Lee (Copley) of Napa, CA. Alice will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with her beloved husband, Vern on Thursday, December 3rd. There will be a mass at the Old Post Chapel beginning at 2:45 pm, followed by a graveside service at 3:30 pm. A gathering to remember Alice will be held from 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm on Wednesday, December 2nd at the Jefferson Funeral Chapel, 5755 Castlewellan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22315. Memorials may be made in Alice's name to St. Monica's School Fire Fund, 6131 N. Michigan Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46228.

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Alice Copley Wagner

November 11, 1917 - August 19, 2015