Joan Marie Wagner

September 21, 2021

A graveside service for Joan Wagner will be held by Pastor Timothy Roggow at the Lutheran Cemetery in Alva, Oklahoma, November 27, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. Joan Marie Wagner, 82, died following a fall in Nashville, TN at Vanderbilt University Medical September 21, 2021. She was born February 18, 1939, in Alva, Oklahoma, the daughter of William G. Wagner and Margaret (Otti) Wagner. Joan graduated from Alva High School, class of 1957. Following graduation, she attended Wichita Business College. While in Wichita she met and later married Darrell Doherty and moved to Kansas City where they had two children. Joan also had a long and rewarding career as the Associate Editor at Modern Jeweler Magazine. Surviving are her sons Douglas Doherty and his wife, Kathy, of Milford, Ohio, David Doherty and his longtime girlfriend, Kristin Marino, of Kansas City, Kansas; three grandchildren, Makenzie Doherty, Mason Doherty & Connor Doherty; her sisters Patricia Callaway-Engelken of Wichita, Kansas, and Rita Porter of Cherokee, Oklahoma. Joan valued her family and friends more than anything else and her faith was a very important part of her life. She loved traveling, adventure, and having a good time at any gathering. She will be missed by so many people. A service of remembrance was held on Oct 30, 2021, at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Prairie Village, Kansas where Joan was an active member, with a beautiful sermon by Pastor Alix Pridgen. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society.