MEMORIAL ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR LONGTIME KWHI NEWS DIRECTOR FRANK WAGNER

  

A memorial service has been scheduled for longtime KWHI news director and Navy veteran Frank Wagner III.

Wagner passed away on April 29^th at the age of 69.  After moving to Brenham in 1997, Wagner served as news director at KWHI for 17 years, providing news coverage and performing live broadcasts for numerous local events.  He finished his career in 2014 due to medical concerns.

After graduating from Southwest Texas State University and Corpus Christi State University, Wagner began his radio career at KNCN – C101 in Sinton, followed by KPAN in Hereford. 

In 1983, Wagner joined the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Josephus Daniels, the USS John F. Kennedy, the USS Nimitz and the USS Nashville as a cryptologic technician.  He was honorably discharged in 1988 and continued his radio career, working at an oldies station and an country station and providing play-by-play for local football games.  He also hosted a talk show on KLAR in Laredo and worked at the NBC affiliate for Laredo, KGNS, after which he came to Brenham.

Frank is survived by his daughter, Phoebe Nichelle Wagner Taylor and husband, Cody Taylor, and his granddaughters, Alexa Grace Taylor and Vida Elizabeth Wagner Taylor.  Frank was the youngest of the second set of twins in his family, twin to Marian Wagner Cones, and is survived by his older sister, Lucy Margaret Wagner, Marian Cones, and younger sister, Martha Louise Wagner Ramirez, along with five cousins and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Brenham on Saturday, June 14^th from 1 to 3 p.m., in the parish hall.  The family invites all who wish to attend the come-and-go event to wear their favorite baseball team jerseys or the color green. 

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Navy Safe Harbor Foundation. 

Wagner's full obituary can be read here.