Obituary

HUNTER WAGNER OBITUARY
Hunter Owen Wagner, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. He was born in New Orleans on July 12, 1930, to Hunter O. Wagner, Sr. and Anna Nathalie Napp Wagner. He was a graduate of New Orleans Academy and Tulane University where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War as a commissioned officer. He spent most of his career in investment and commercial banking. He served as Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Interim Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance, and retired from Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission as General Manager in 2000. He was a leader in the community and enjoyed serving on several boards and civic organizations. Hunter was a connector of people and teller of stories, with a memory for people, names, and events non pareil. He freely shared his vast knowledge and valuable insight with many. He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed. His loving wife, Julia Gill Wagner, to whom he was married for 69 years, survives him. He is also survived by his children, Robert O. Wagner (Stacy), Honie Wagner Smith (Jim), and Sharon Wagner Wolfson (Neil); grandchildren Nichole Wagner Dupre (Ruben), Kristin Wolfson Perez (Leander), Austin Wolfson (Tiffany) and Zane Wagner; great-grandchildren Alexandra Dupre and Leander Perez, V. Visitation will be held at St. Joseph Abbey on July 16, 2022, from 1 to 2 p.m., and funeral Mass at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Abbey Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.greenwoodfh.com.