{"id":15,"date":"2007-03-24T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T20:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comptechsupport.net\/ira\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2019-11-01T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T14:01:07","slug":"pictures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPaterfamilias of the Wagler clan. David L. Wagler, August, 2001.<\/p>\n

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\nMatriarch of the Wagler clan. Ida Mae (Yoder) Wagler, around 1995.<\/p>\n

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\nThe lion in winter. David L. Wagler. June 15, 2013.<\/p>\n

\"Dad<\/a>
\nDavid L. Wagler and his only great-great grandchild, Jaylon Eicher. June, 2018<\/p>\n

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\nMom, Dad and my brother, Stephen. June, 2007<\/p>\n

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\nMy mother, the strongest woman I have ever known. June, 2007<\/p>\n

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\nDavid Wagler visiting with Abe Mast (on his deathbed) in Phoenix, AZ in Feb., 2004. I recorded the conversation.<\/p>\n

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\nAylmer School yard around 1972-73. My brother Nathan’s face is obscured by the ball. Linda Wagler is the teacher.<\/p>\n

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\nMy political philosophy in one statement.<\/p>\n

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\nMy sister Rhoda and her son Seth. No idea when. Maybe mid-1990s.<\/p>\n

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\nMy old Bloomfield home. From Titus and Ruth’s house. Mid-1990s.<\/p>\n

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\nDorothy, Ira, Janice. Around 1991.<\/p>\n

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\nA very rare picture of Titus Wagler walking. He has been paralyzed since 1982. Photo from Florida, 1981.<\/p>\n

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\nThree thugs in Florida, 1981. Marvin Yutzy, Titus Wagler, Ira.<\/p>\n

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\nTitus in rehab in Waterloo, IA, 1982-83. From L, Rhoda, Titus and Friends.<\/p>\n

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\nIra and Marvin Yutzy pretending they caught the fish. Florida 1981.<\/p>\n

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\nMe and my British Knights. Around 1989-90.<\/p>\n

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\n“And I was lean, and solid everywhere. Like a rock.” Ira in Florida, 1986-87.<\/p>\n

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\nSuccessful hunt. Bloomfield, IA. Foxes shot by Mavin Yutzy, early 1980s. Ira and Marvin.<\/p>\n

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\nSuccessful hunt, Bloomfield, IA. Coyote shot by Ira, around 1983. Ira and Marvin Yutzy. We are outside Chuck’s Cafe. <\/p>\n

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\nDelaware Bay, Nov. 2005. Blitzin cold, I’m frozen to death.<\/p>\n

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\nBad little Amish boys. From L, Freeman Kauffman and Nathan Wagler, who knows when, probably early to mid 80s.<\/p>\n

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\nMy first Nascar experience. I was an usher at the Pocono 500, 1997.<\/p>\n

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\nCamping inside the oval at the Coca Cola 600. May, 2000. From L, Porter, Nate, Ira, Chandler. My greatest Nascar experience.<\/p>\n

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\nMoonshine at the Coca Cola 600. Chandler and Ira; May, 2000.<\/p>\n

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\nHenry Egbert (now deceased) and Chuck Leonard, Bloomfield, IA. Around 2002.<\/p>\n

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\nWith Roy Harris (now deceased) in Bloomfield, IA. Around 2002.<\/p>\n

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\nWheat Harvest, 1986. Rare picture of me with full beard.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Drifter in Florida, 1987.<\/p>\n

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\nDriver for Aaron & Jessica’s Buggy Rides, 1994. I strongly dislike horses.<\/p>\n

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\nIra and Jessica, Summer, 1994.<\/p>\n

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\nTeacher Wagler with his high school class at Lebanon Valley Christian School, 1993-94.<\/p>\n

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\nBob Jones University, 1991-93. I never got a single demerit, and that’s saying something.<\/p>\n

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\nClassy Lady, awkward Guy. Ira and Elizabeth, early 1990s.<\/p>\n

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\nGraduation Bob Jones University. Ira and Nate.<\/p>\n

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\nGraduation Dickinson Law, 1997. Nate, Ira, Steve.<\/p>\n

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\nBruce Springsteen impersonation, Halloween, 1996. Note tatoo on my arm.<\/p>\n

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\nAttorney Wagler at Clymer and Musser, P.C. 1998.<\/p>\n

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\nLaw School. Oh, how we imbibed to ease the pressure. Ira and Tom Moore, 1996.<\/p>\n

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\nLaw school. Ira and the Special Ks. From L, Karen, Kelly, Ira, Kim.<\/p>\n

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\nBarrister’s Ball, 1995. Kim and Ira.<\/p>\n

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\nIn the presence of Greatness, around 1996. With Attorney William Ball (now deceased), lead counsel in the 1973 landmark Wisconsin v. Yoder case.<\/p>\n

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\nIn the presence of Greatness II. Mid-90s. With John Hostetler (now deceased), author of “Amish Society,” considered the most difinitive work ever published on the Amish.<\/p>\n

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\nOutstanding Alumni Award, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN. 1998.<\/p>\n

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\nMy first and only parade.<\/p>\n

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\nHonorary Doctorate of Letters. Vincennes University. April 28, 2012.<\/p>\n

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\nFront of the Old Kentuck Home in Asheville, NC. Where Thomas Wolfe spent much of his childhood and gathered much of his writing material.<\/p>\n

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\nThe bed on which Thomas Wolfe’s father died. One of the most famous written death scenes in all American literature. In the book, “Of Time and the River.”<\/p>\n

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\nOutside the back of the Old Kentucky Home.<\/p>\n

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\nAllan Stanley and Ira dispensing joy at Freiman Stoltzfus’ annual artistic open house, Lancaster, PA, Oct. 2003.<\/p>\n

THE ELLEN YEARS; 1999-2007<\/p>\n

August 4, 2000<\/a>
\n(August 4, 2000)
\n“……the fresh scent of lilacs and sweet clover drifted in the gentle meadow breezes, and the banquet of life with all its rich and ample fare was spread before them like a feast…They were alone, lord and lady of vast domains, the king and queen of all their eyes could see. <\/p>\n

And night seemed far away, and they knew that they would be forever young.”<\/p>\n

—Ira Wagler, “Reap the Whirlwind”<\/p>\n

March 22, 2007<\/a>
\n(March 22, 2007)
\n“……the road that led to death and battle and the shipwreck of their hopes.”
\n—Thomas Wolfe, “The Four Lost Men”<\/p>\n

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\n(Nov. 1, 2007)
\n“Today my world slipped away.”
\n—Vern Gosdin<\/p>\n

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\nMe and my guitar. Ira and Ellen on New Years’ Eve, 2005-06. I can pick “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Old McDonald” and one or two others.<\/p>\n

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\nNew Years’ Eve, 2005-06. From L, Allan, Bill, Wilm, Ellen, Ira.<\/p>\n

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\nOutside my rickety old trailer house, since demolished. 1999-2000.<\/p>\n

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\nCamping in Gettysburg, Aug. 2001.<\/p>\n

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\nGettysburg, Aug. 5th, 2001. I am in the full bloom of my weight,
\nprobably around 245 lbs. <\/p>\n

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\nEllen outside our house<\/p>\n

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\nEllen at the side of the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. June, 2006<\/p>\n

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\nIra and Ellen at Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. June 2006<\/p>\n

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\nIra and Ellen. Greenwood, SC 2006<\/p>\n

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\nIra and Ellen. June, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paterfamilias of the Wagler clan. David L. Wagler, August, 2001. Matriarch of the Wagler clan. Ida Mae (Yoder) Wagler, around 1995. The lion in winter. David L. Wagler. June 15, 2013. David L. Wagler and his only great-great grandchild, Jaylon Eicher. June, 2018 Mom, Dad and my brother, Stephen. June, 2007 My mother, the strongest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15847,"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/15847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irawagler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}