Hastings Marks Wagaman was born April 20, 1923, to Clarence Edgar and Lena Lenora (Youmans) Wagaman. He was born at the family home in the southwest corner of Bogard, Missouri. He was named after his grandfather, Hastings Marks Wagaman (1829-1922). (As Doc explained in his later years, he became known as "Mark" in elementary school because it was easier. As an adult he was known as "H.M., "H," "Mark," or "Doc.")
He graduated from Bogard High School. Then on December 2, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving during WWII as a Pilot and Navigator in the Pacific Fleet, and attaining the rank of Navy Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged in 1945. When he returned home, he attended Dodge City Junior College in Dodge City, KS, St. Mary's College in California, and then Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Doc graduated in 1949, becoming a Chiropractic Physician. He practiced in Brookfield, Missouri, from 1949 until he relocated his practice to Carrollton, Missouri, during the 1970s.
Doc married Lena Lois Shannon on October 20, 1944, in Lawrence, Kansas. Their children were Gary (who died as an infant), Cheri, Cindy, David, and Kim. He then married Wanda Sue, his loving wife of 37 years, whom he married January 1, 1981.
Doc had many hobbies and especially loved to hunt and fish. Most of all he enjoyed visiting with family and friends. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by four children, Cheri Tate of Palm Bay, Florida; Cindy LaBuda of Homosassa, Florida; David Wagaman of Bogard, Missouri; and Kim Renne of Palm Bay, Florida. He is also survived by 2 granddaughters, Julie Eubanks and Lindsey Curington; two great-grandchildren, all of Florida; as well as four step-children, Marilyn Scherer, Centerview, Missouri; Phil Boyd, Ashburn, Virginia; Alan Boyd, Lenexa, Kansas; Kathy Keith, Kansas City, Missouri; 13 step-grandchildren and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Doc was preceded in death by infant son, Gary Mark Wagaman; sister, Marguerite Trabon; brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; and infant brother Londel Leroy Wagaman.
Memories of Doc's Early Years
Doc grew up on the southwest edge of Bogard, Missouri, in (as his brother Edsel describes it) a nice, relatively new bungalow with a barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and a "honey house" where his dad kept his bee-keeping and gardening equipment. These buildings were on the half-block lot that included a pasture, a large garden and an orchard with many fruit trees and bee hives. The house had a bathtub but no bathroom facilities, running water, or furnace.
Doc took violin lessons, and his teacher arranged for their "cowboy band" of youngsters from Bogard and surround to play concerts in small towns on Saturday nights, at fairs, and at a couple of Kansas City radio stations.
His brother Edsel recalled: "The first family car I remember was a Model T Ford with cloth side curtains. Flat tires on the road were a common occurrence. Everyone had a tire pump, tire irons and patches in their cars and it was not unusual to repair a flat almost every day. Most roads were dirt, with no gravel or pavement. The gasoline flowed to the engine of the model T by gravity, and we sometimes backed up the steeper hills to prevent the engine dying. Later we had a 1930 Model A Ford."
Doc's father Clarence was a jeweler and optometrist whose shop was in downtown Bogard between the barbershop and the Bogard Dispatch newspaper office. Clarence was very knowledgeable about health, nutrition, medications, and the family ate nothing but healthful food. However, Clarence developed abdominal problems that led to his death at age 53, when H.M. was in high school. His mother Lena would later die at age 48 of brain cancer, when Doc was in the Navy.
(Sources: Bittiker Funeral Home, Carrollton, MO; Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, MO; Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, MO; notes written by his brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; communications with Loretta Rainey-Fones)
He graduated from Bogard High School. Then on December 2, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving during WWII as a Pilot and Navigator in the Pacific Fleet, and attaining the rank of Navy Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged in 1945. When he returned home, he attended Dodge City Junior College in Dodge City, KS, St. Mary's College in California, and then Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Doc graduated in 1949, becoming a Chiropractic Physician. He practiced in Brookfield, Missouri, from 1949 until he relocated his practice to Carrollton, Missouri, during the 1970s.
Doc married Lena Lois Shannon on October 20, 1944, in Lawrence, Kansas. Their children were Gary (who died as an infant), Cheri, Cindy, David, and Kim. He then married Wanda Sue, his loving wife of 37 years, whom he married January 1, 1981.
Doc had many hobbies and especially loved to hunt and fish. Most of all he enjoyed visiting with family and friends. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by four children, Cheri Tate of Palm Bay, Florida; Cindy LaBuda of Homosassa, Florida; David Wagaman of Bogard, Missouri; and Kim Renne of Palm Bay, Florida. He is also survived by 2 granddaughters, Julie Eubanks and Lindsey Curington; two great-grandchildren, all of Florida; as well as four step-children, Marilyn Scherer, Centerview, Missouri; Phil Boyd, Ashburn, Virginia; Alan Boyd, Lenexa, Kansas; Kathy Keith, Kansas City, Missouri; 13 step-grandchildren and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Doc was preceded in death by infant son, Gary Mark Wagaman; sister, Marguerite Trabon; brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; and infant brother Londel Leroy Wagaman.
Memories of Doc's Early Years
Doc grew up on the southwest edge of Bogard, Missouri, in (as his brother Edsel describes it) a nice, relatively new bungalow with a barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and a "honey house" where his dad kept his bee-keeping and gardening equipment. These buildings were on the half-block lot that included a pasture, a large garden and an orchard with many fruit trees and bee hives. The house had a bathtub but no bathroom facilities, running water, or furnace.
Doc took violin lessons, and his teacher arranged for their "cowboy band" of youngsters from Bogard and surround to play concerts in small towns on Saturday nights, at fairs, and at a couple of Kansas City radio stations.
His brother Edsel recalled: "The first family car I remember was a Model T Ford with cloth side curtains. Flat tires on the road were a common occurrence. Everyone had a tire pump, tire irons and patches in their cars and it was not unusual to repair a flat almost every day. Most roads were dirt, with no gravel or pavement. The gasoline flowed to the engine of the model T by gravity, and we sometimes backed up the steeper hills to prevent the engine dying. Later we had a 1930 Model A Ford."
Doc's father Clarence was a jeweler and optometrist whose shop was in downtown Bogard between the barbershop and the Bogard Dispatch newspaper office. Clarence was very knowledgeable about health, nutrition, medications, and the family ate nothing but healthful food. However, Clarence developed abdominal problems that led to his death at age 53, when H.M. was in high school. His mother Lena would later die at age 48 of brain cancer, when Doc was in the Navy.
(Sources: Bittiker Funeral Home, Carrollton, MO; Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, MO; Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, MO; notes written by his brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; communications with Loretta Rainey-Fones)
Hastings Marks Wagaman was born April 20, 1923, to Clarence Edgar and Lena Lenora (Youmans) Wagaman. He was born at the family home in the southwest corner of Bogard, Missouri. He was named after his grandfather, Hastings Marks Wagaman (1829-1922). (As Doc explained in his later years, he became known as "Mark" in elementary school because it was easier. As an adult he was known as "H.M., "H," "Mark," or "Doc.")
He graduated from Bogard High School. Then on December 2, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving during WWII as a Pilot and Navigator in the Pacific Fleet, and attaining the rank of Navy Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged in 1945. When he returned home, he attended Dodge City Junior College in Dodge City, KS, St. Mary's College in California, and then Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Doc graduated in 1949, becoming a Chiropractic Physician. He practiced in Brookfield, Missouri, from 1949 until he relocated his practice to Carrollton, Missouri, during the 1970s.
Doc married Lena Lois Shannon on October 20, 1944, in Lawrence, Kansas. Their children were Gary (who died as an infant), Cheri, Cindy, David, and Kim. He then married Wanda Sue, his loving wife of 37 years, whom he married January 1, 1981.
Doc had many hobbies and especially loved to hunt and fish. Most of all he enjoyed visiting with family and friends. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by four children, Cheri Tate of Palm Bay, Florida; Cindy LaBuda of Homosassa, Florida; David Wagaman of Bogard, Missouri; and Kim Renne of Palm Bay, Florida. He is also survived by 2 granddaughters, Julie Eubanks and Lindsey Curington; two great-grandchildren, all of Florida; as well as four step-children, Marilyn Scherer, Centerview, Missouri; Phil Boyd, Ashburn, Virginia; Alan Boyd, Lenexa, Kansas; Kathy Keith, Kansas City, Missouri; 13 step-grandchildren and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Doc was preceded in death by infant son, Gary Mark Wagaman; sister, Marguerite Trabon; brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; and infant brother Londel Leroy Wagaman.
Memories of Doc's Early Years
Doc grew up on the southwest edge of Bogard, Missouri, in (as his brother Edsel describes it) a nice, relatively new bungalow with a barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and a "honey house" where his dad kept his bee-keeping and gardening equipment. These buildings were on the half-block lot that included a pasture, a large garden and an orchard with many fruit trees and bee hives. The house had a bathtub but no bathroom facilities, running water, or furnace.
Doc took violin lessons, and his teacher arranged for their "cowboy band" of youngsters from Bogard and surround to play concerts in small towns on Saturday nights, at fairs, and at a couple of Kansas City radio stations.
His brother Edsel recalled: "The first family car I remember was a Model T Ford with cloth side curtains. Flat tires on the road were a common occurrence. Everyone had a tire pump, tire irons and patches in their cars and it was not unusual to repair a flat almost every day. Most roads were dirt, with no gravel or pavement. The gasoline flowed to the engine of the model T by gravity, and we sometimes backed up the steeper hills to prevent the engine dying. Later we had a 1930 Model A Ford."
Doc's father Clarence was a jeweler and optometrist whose shop was in downtown Bogard between the barbershop and the Bogard Dispatch newspaper office. Clarence was very knowledgeable about health, nutrition, medications, and the family ate nothing but healthful food. However, Clarence developed abdominal problems that led to his death at age 53, when H.M. was in high school. His mother Lena would later die at age 48 of brain cancer, when Doc was in the Navy.
(Sources: Bittiker Funeral Home, Carrollton, MO; Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, MO; Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, MO; notes written by his brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; communications with Loretta Rainey-Fones)
He graduated from Bogard High School. Then on December 2, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving during WWII as a Pilot and Navigator in the Pacific Fleet, and attaining the rank of Navy Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged in 1945. When he returned home, he attended Dodge City Junior College in Dodge City, KS, St. Mary's College in California, and then Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Doc graduated in 1949, becoming a Chiropractic Physician. He practiced in Brookfield, Missouri, from 1949 until he relocated his practice to Carrollton, Missouri, during the 1970s.
Doc married Lena Lois Shannon on October 20, 1944, in Lawrence, Kansas. Their children were Gary (who died as an infant), Cheri, Cindy, David, and Kim. He then married Wanda Sue, his loving wife of 37 years, whom he married January 1, 1981.
Doc had many hobbies and especially loved to hunt and fish. Most of all he enjoyed visiting with family and friends. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by four children, Cheri Tate of Palm Bay, Florida; Cindy LaBuda of Homosassa, Florida; David Wagaman of Bogard, Missouri; and Kim Renne of Palm Bay, Florida. He is also survived by 2 granddaughters, Julie Eubanks and Lindsey Curington; two great-grandchildren, all of Florida; as well as four step-children, Marilyn Scherer, Centerview, Missouri; Phil Boyd, Ashburn, Virginia; Alan Boyd, Lenexa, Kansas; Kathy Keith, Kansas City, Missouri; 13 step-grandchildren and 11 step-great-grandchildren.
Doc was preceded in death by infant son, Gary Mark Wagaman; sister, Marguerite Trabon; brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; and infant brother Londel Leroy Wagaman.
Memories of Doc's Early Years
Doc grew up on the southwest edge of Bogard, Missouri, in (as his brother Edsel describes it) a nice, relatively new bungalow with a barn, chicken house, outhouse, garage, and a "honey house" where his dad kept his bee-keeping and gardening equipment. These buildings were on the half-block lot that included a pasture, a large garden and an orchard with many fruit trees and bee hives. The house had a bathtub but no bathroom facilities, running water, or furnace.
Doc took violin lessons, and his teacher arranged for their "cowboy band" of youngsters from Bogard and surround to play concerts in small towns on Saturday nights, at fairs, and at a couple of Kansas City radio stations.
His brother Edsel recalled: "The first family car I remember was a Model T Ford with cloth side curtains. Flat tires on the road were a common occurrence. Everyone had a tire pump, tire irons and patches in their cars and it was not unusual to repair a flat almost every day. Most roads were dirt, with no gravel or pavement. The gasoline flowed to the engine of the model T by gravity, and we sometimes backed up the steeper hills to prevent the engine dying. Later we had a 1930 Model A Ford."
Doc's father Clarence was a jeweler and optometrist whose shop was in downtown Bogard between the barbershop and the Bogard Dispatch newspaper office. Clarence was very knowledgeable about health, nutrition, medications, and the family ate nothing but healthful food. However, Clarence developed abdominal problems that led to his death at age 53, when H.M. was in high school. His mother Lena would later die at age 48 of brain cancer, when Doc was in the Navy.
(Sources: Bittiker Funeral Home, Carrollton, MO; Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, MO; Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, MO; notes written by his brother, Charles Edsel Wagaman; communications with Loretta Rainey-Fones)
