James ‘Waggy’ Wegner

James “Waggy” Wegner, 59, of Evan died Thursday, May 2, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center after a short battle with cancer.

Funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Evan and interment was in Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye.

He was born Oct. 23, 1959, attended grade school in Evan and was a 1978 graduate of Sleepy Eye High School.  He married Eileen Sellner in 1988. He worked many years as a welder at air compressor manufacturing plant in Springfield.

 Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye was in charge of funeral arrangements.