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Harold "Louie" Wagner Memorial  1918 - 2011
In 2005, I was working on the family history, and I visited Rickie's "Uncle Louie" to interview him. He was very helpful and supportive, offering me many family stories and providing photos of various family members. Our friendship grew from there and I would visit him weekly, usually on Tuesdays, and we would go to lunch at Papa Joe's. He would always order a Manhattan up and was especially happy when they brought him one with three cherries. We had a wonderful friendship. I feel very fortunate that I was able to enjoy his company. Every so often, I would take my camera along and snap a few pictures. Here are a series of photos from over the years. Just scroll down to view them...

July 3, 2007

Lunch at Papa Joe's, July 2007

Wagner Family Picnic, 2007

Wagner Family Picnic, 2007

Wagner Family Picnic, 2007

Wagner Family Picnic, 2007 (Steve Slawsky)

Wagner Family Picnic, 2008

Louie with his P-38 model, Feb 2009

Louie with his P-38 model, Feb 2009
Lunch at Papa Joe's, Feb 2009

With his new digital camera, March 2009

Wagner Family Picnic, 2009

Wagner Family Picnic, 2009

Wagner Family Picnic, 2009

Lunch at Papa Joe's, Oct 2009

Oct 27, 2009

P-38 close to finishing it, Feb 2010

Dinner at the River Brasserie, Cuyahoga Falls, March 2010

Dinner at the River Brasserie, Cuyahoga Falls, March 2010

At the old homestead snapping away, April 20, 2010

We stopped by on the way home from our lunch, and I took pictures of him taking pictures.

That house in the background was Aunt Mary's

Dinner at Papa Joe's, April 23, 2010

One time after lunch, we stopped at the cemetery in Peninsula to check out the ancestors, June 2010

This was from his new P-47 model, July 2010

Wagner Family Picnic, 2010

Wagner Family Picnic, 2010

With his P-47, Dec 7, 2010 (Pearl Harbor Day)

Dec 21, 2010

Feb 15, 2011

This was the last picture taken at home, and our last lunch together, March 1, 2011

I will miss him!