Obituary

OTTUMWA - Carol Irene (Canny) Wagner, 64, died at 1:03 a.m. Feb. 4, 2005, at Hospice House.
She was born Oct. 11, 1940 in Ottumwa to Charles P. and Irene E. (Williamson) Canny. She married John Wagner in 1965.
She was a graduate of Ottumwa High School in 1958 and St. Joseph's School of Nursing in 1961. Carol spent her life in service to others. She shared her gifts as a mother, wife, nurse, friend, sister and daughter. She started her nursing career at Davis County Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital. She later worked as a registered nurse at hospitals in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. In 1975 she joined the Lisbon-Mt. Vernon Ambulance Service in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. She also worked as a paramedic training coordinator at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, and participated on an Advisory Committee to the governor about emergency medical services in rural Iowa communities. This work was instrumental in creating standards for training emergency medical professionals in the state of Iowa. She later received numerous awards for her work at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Austria and the Department of the Army in Virginia.
She was a member of St. Mary of the Visitation.
Survivors include a son, Mike and wife Laura.; a daughter, Kate and husband Tim; six grandchildren, Emma, Michaela, Claire, Maggie, Frank and Maureen; her mother, Irene E. Canny of Ottumwa; a brother, Charles Canny, Jr. of Calumet City, Ill., and aunt, Mary Genochio of Ottumwa.
She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Canny; and brother, Michael Canny.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary of the Visitation with Father Bernie Weir officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation will begin after 10 a.m. Sunday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 2-4 p.m. followed by a Christian Wake service at 4 p.m.
A memorial has been established to Hospice.