Joseph Chalmer Wagamon (1915- )

Joseph Chalmer Wagamon (1915- )

Beatrice Louise Cozzi (1915- )

I5 Joseph Chalmer Wagamon, born March 26, 1915. Joseph is the son of Lewis and Sylvia Wagamon, and grew up on his parents' farm in Darke County, Ohio. He graduated from Gettysburg High School and Fort Wayne Business College. There he met Beatrice Louise Cozzi, born July 18, 1915, also a graduate of the school. Chim and Bea were married in Flint, Michigan, where they both worked for Fisher Body Corporation, Bea as a secretary and Chim in the traffic department.

In 1945, Chim took a job as traffic controller for Bendix-Westinghouse in Elyria, Ohio, where the family moved shortly thereafter. In 1949, Chim and Bea bought and moved into a seventy-five acre farm on 1050 Cowley Road in North Eaton, Ohio, where they lived and farmed until 1975. Bea graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. She taught elementary school for ten years in the Columbia Station and Elyria school districts.

Chim retired as production manager for Bendix in 1973. Chim and Bea presently live on Coldwater Lake, Michigan (history written in 1976).

Children of Joseph Chalmer Wagamon and Beatrice Louise Cozzi:

J1 Barbara Jean Wagamon, born February 9, 1943; married June 19, 1965 Richard Eugene Stober, born February 2, 1943.

J2 Wayne Kay Wagamon, born April 8, 1946.

J3 Jeffrey Lee Wagamon, born June 22, 1951.