Frank Wagner

Jun 16, 1944 -

Sep 9, 2025

Frank Michael Wagner, age 81, of Anchorage, Alaska, passed away suddenly at his home on Sept. 9, 2025. He was born on June 16, 1944, in Houghton, Mich., to the late Norbert Joseph and Geraldine McDonnell Wagner. He is survived by his daughter, Sheila Robert Devereux of Mesa, Ariz.; son, Frank Norbert Wagner of Anchorage; granddaughter, Melody Wagner; seven brothers, John Norbert Wagner of Piqua, Ohio, Raymond Joseph Teresa Wagner of Ashburn, Va., Peter Richard Wagner of San Jacinto, Calif., Norbert Mathew Margaret Wagner of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Leonard Anthony Roseann Wagner of Ashland, Ohio, Joseph Patrick Wagner of Piqua, Ohio, and James Robert Patty Wagner of Richmond Hill, Ga.; five sisters, Virginia Cecelia Shiroda of Baton Rouge, La., Mary Claire George Coker of Fredericksburg, Va., Alice Geraldine Lindstrom of Scottsdale, Ariz., Catherine Joan Ken Hardesty of West Chester, Ohio, and Carol Jane Jaime Folkerth of London, Ky.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his younger brother, Thomas Dana Wagner.

Mr. Wagner graduated from Iron River High School in Iron River, Mich., in 1962, and eventually moved to the Los Angeles, Calif., area where he worked for the Victor Comptometer Corporation. By 1975, he moved to Anchorage and called it home. In the 1980s, he worked in sales for Yukon Office Supply and DuBois Chemicals. By the early 1990s, he started working in advertising. In time, he started his own business, Target Advertising, and broadcast and published radio and newspaper advertisements.

The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, at Legacy Heritage Angelus, 440 East Klatt Road in Anchorage. Flowers may be sent to the same address, and friends may also express condolences to the family through www.legacyalaska.com.