Ernest Ludwig Wagner Jr. Sea-Land executive, classic car enthusiast, of Madison, 70 Ernest Ludwig Wagner Jr., 70, of Madison, NJ, died Friday, Jan. 16, at University Hospital, Newark. A loving and devoted husband and father, he was known affectionately as Ernie to his family, friends, and business associates. Mr. Wagner was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Roselle Park and Chatham, NJ, graduating from Chatham High School in 1956. He attended The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. graduating in 1961. Mr. Wagner began a lifelong career in the transportation industry with McLean Trucking Co. in Winston Salem, N.C. Following this, he returned to the Northeast, where he met and married the love of his life, Bunny Wagner, in 1966. He continued his career in the trucking industry before entering the ocean transport industry, joining Sea-Land Services, Inc. in 1972, later relocating to New England, where he served as regional sales manager for New England and Canada from 1982 to 1987. He subsequently returned to New Jersey, where he worked for the Atlanticargo Line of Star Shipping, Inc. before his retirement in 2005. Mr. Wagner was a member of the Morristown Presbyterian Church. During his career he was a member of the Westconn International Trade Association. He loved old cars, working on his 1952 Jaguar, and was an active member of the Central Jersey Jag Lovers Group. As a past member, he served as a board member and treasurer of the Classic Car Club of America and belonged to the Buick Club of America. His other interests included golf, salt water fishing on Nantucket and the Jersey shore, fly fishing in Maine and Vermont with friends, and refinishing furniture and antiquing with his wife. He also served as chairman of his 50th class reunion at Chatham High School. Mr. Wagner is survived by his wife, Carol Ann “Bunny” Wagner, of Madison; his son, Cris, of Cambridge, Mass.; his sister, Suzanne Haley, of Myakka City, Fla., and his nephew, Louis, and two nieces, Cathy and Laura. A memorial service for Mr. Wagner will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Morristown Presbyterian Church, 57 Park Place, Morristown, NJ. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to The Citadel Alumni Association, Holiday Alumni Center, 171 Moultire St., Charleston, SC 29409-6130. Burial will be private. Tags: 1961
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