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Wagner, Josh Jared Leroy
Josh Jared Leroy Wagner, 25, of Cedar Rapids, died in a tragic car accident Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include parents, Bob and Lynn Wagner of Cedar Rapids; siblings, Missy (Kazzy) Wagner of Cedar Rapids and Austin Pavlicek of Cedar Rapids; special nieces and nephews, Kassidy, Malaya, Meadow and Makayo; special grandmother, Mary Whorton; uncle, Gary Wagner; and special cousins, Drew and Candace Wagner and Susie and Bud Whorton.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Denis Hildebrand.
Josh was born on Nov. 3, 1986, in Cedar Rapids. He graduated from Prairie High School in 2005, he loved skateboarding, football, wrestling, boxing and BMX racing, and later became an Ultimate Fighter.
Josh was quite the comedian, outgoing and out spoken. He was a loving person who loved his family and friends and was always there for anyone who needed him. He had many close friends and also had a very special brotherhood with Drew, Collin, Josh and T.J.
Please sign the online guest book for Josh at under obituaries.
Published in The Gazette Sept. 18, 2012.
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