Violet L. Wagner

Violet L. Wagner, 95, formerly of Camillus, N.Y. passed away February 6, 2020.  Vi enjoyed pets, gardening classic movies, family and friends.   She was the youngest of five children, growing up in the beauty of the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Vi graduated from Sidney High School in 1942 and went on to serve in the Army Cadet Nurse Corps during World War 2. She graduated from Crouse Irving Memorial School of Nursing in 1947 and later earned a Bachelors’ degree in Public Health from Syracuse University. Violet was employed as an RN in hospitals, as an elementary school nurse in the West Genesee School District in Camillus and as an occupational health nurse at Sirocco, in Baldwinsville, NY. She was a Harvard University Nurse’s Health Study participant for over 40 years.

In 1950, Violet married Edward Wagner, who predeceased her in 2013. Violet was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Camillus, New York.  She is survived by her son Robert Wagner of Glen Burnie, M.D. where she lived with her husband after 2005. Also surviving are her daughter, Kathryn (Bruce) Patterson, grandchildren Laura (Joshua) Lambertsen, Lisa (Alfred) Yun, and Mark (Jennifer) Patterson, and two great grandchildren.