Lloyd E. Stagner
Lloyd E. Stagner, 84, passed away
Friday (Jan. 18, 2008) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St.
Francis campus in Wichita.
He was born March 2, 1923, in Newkirk,
Okla., to Lloyd Sr. and Della (Thompson) Stagner. They preceded him
in death.
Lloyd married Marilyn Davis on Oct. 12,
1972, in Topeka. She survives of Newton.
He was a retired Santa Fe Railway
Station agent and author of books and magazine articles on American
steam locomotives.
He was a veteran of World War II,
serving in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Trinity Heights United
Methodist Church in Newton, the National Railway Historical Society,
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Harvey County Historical
Society and the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society.
Other survivors include sons, Matthew
Stagner and wife, Lisa Lombard, of Oak Park, Ill., and Murray Stagner
and wife, Lana, of Grapevine, Texas; daughter, Marla Jane Summer of
South Paris, Maine; and three grandchildren.
He also was preceded in death by a
brother, Giles E. Stagner.
Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m.
today at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Phil Fischer of
Trinity Heights UMC officiating.
Burial will be at McPherson City
Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Trinity Heights UMC or Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita
in care of the funeral home.