Nancy Van Cleave Wagner, 78

Nancy (Van Cleave) Wagner formerly of Fort Calhoun, NE passed away in Papillion, NE on Thursday March 26, 2026. Nancy Marie (Van Cleave) Wagner was born in Missouri Valley, IA on January 19, 1948, the 6th child, 5th daughter to John and Lilly (Bonham) Van Cleave.

Nancy has now been reunited in Heaven with her husband Alan, her parents John and Lillie Van Cleave, 1 brother Kenneth Van Cleave, 3 sisters Shirley Fernandez, Elaine Schuelke, and Marlyn Ford, dogs Molly and Rosie and grand-dogs MooMoo, Snoopy-George, and Snickerz. Nancy was a 1966 graduate of Missouri Valley High School, in Missouri Valley IA.

Nancy was employed with Wilkinson Manufacturing, in Fort Calhoun NE, for 35 years.

Nancy is remembered by her Daughters and sons-in-law Valerie and Scott Gautier of Omaha, NE, Angie and Gary Sazama of Missouri Valley, IA, 2 grandsons Jake and Andy Sazama, 4 grand-dogs Bella, Jax, Sallie Jane and Lucky, 1 sister Judy Meade of Council Bluffs, IA, 2 sisters-in-law Nora Van Cleave of Omaha, NE and Carol "Jeanie" Adams of Blair, NE., many nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.

Nancy was laid to rest next to her husband Alan in Calhoun Cemetery just north of Missouri Valley, IA

Services were conducted on March 31, 2026, at Hennessey Funeral Home. Arrangements made by Hennessey Funeral Home, Missouri Valley, Iowa.

~~~obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~

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