LOWELL, Mass. — Doris J. (Webster) (Wagner) Bacheller, 85, of Lowell, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Lowell General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Clarence Wagner and the late Carl Bacheller.
She was born in Worcester, April 14, 1925, a daughter of the late Earl and Phoebe (Farris) Webster. She was educated at Lexington, Mass., and Fayette schools and graduated from Livermore Falls High School. She was a member of the 4-H Club for 10 years and belonged to Norland Grange for several years.
She worked at King's Department Store for 5 years in Auburn and in shoe shops as a fancy stitcher for 14 years. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Bacheller had worked for many years as a private caregiver.
She had outstanding talent at working with her hands and mind, making beautiful wood ornaments. She was also a good seamstress and made a lot of her own clothes. She got great satisfaction in helping other women learn different kinds of crafts such as knitting, crocheting and embroidery as well as making wood products.
She believed her greatest accomplishment was in raising her children. She taught them to be good citizens and how to care for themselves.
She was a dedicated follower and servant of Christ as a valued member of Lowell First Church of the Nazarene and an alto in the church Worship Choir. She was a volunteer in every church she attended in Maine, Florida, and Massachusetts, and also volunteered at the Androscoggin Home Health Services, the Parkland Medical Center and the Dracut Senior Center and completed the Lowell Citizen's Police Academy Course.
Surviving her are four children, Alfred Wagner and his wife, Barbara, of Auburn, N.H., Sharren Wagner Hall and her husband, Richard, of Lowell, Kathryn Wagner Raetz and her husband, Timothy, of Niantic, Conn., and Clayton Wagner of Livermore Falls; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three siblings, Frances Webster Berry of Maine, Gladys Webster Welch of Asheville, N.C., and Richard Webster and his wife, Nancy, of Derry, N.H., and Fayette; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also the mother of the late Josephine Wagner; and sister of the late Earl Webster.
For condolences visit www.dracutfuneralhome.com.
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Don't you find it interesting that a man who was eager to marry a divorced woman with five kids, who beat his own kids, and took his frustration out on his own boys so much so that they entered military service as soon as they legally could and would have faced death than live with him and his wife?. Isn't it interesting that a man who treated his wife's children like his own once his two boys were out of her house, should find himself buried in a plot in a cemetary that no one visits? Isn't it interesting that the woman and her children he sold his boys out for, now lives in Florida, and her children are scattered throughout New England, with nothing to hold them to him? Isn't it interesting that in the town where all this took place, there is no physical evidence of his name ever having been there? Isn't it interesting that neither of his sons ever returned to his hometown to live? Isn't it interesting that both of his sons had to learn how to live in a family like human beings, from someone other than their father and stepmother? Isn't it interesting that both his blood relative sons are scared of women? Isn't it interesting that both of them had trouble with letting their emotions show so that their significant others never knew the boys loved them? Just goes to show you the power of a woman, and a nasty unclean one at that.
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I have recently been admonished by the administrator for what she named an inappropriate comment. Maybe the comment was inappropriate, and maybe not, but you had to be there I guess to really appreciate the meaning of the comment and the person involved. This individual was in a position of power and had absolute control over two young boys who were vulnerable, and had just lost their mother. True, it was over 50 years ago, and life is different now than it was then. However child abuse never ends for the victims.
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It is odd that there was no mention of her husband's two sons, who were abused. I regret that I was not able to return and get my brother out of that environment. Believe it or not, there are still people who remember that abuse
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I guess you had to be there to really appreciate the significance of my words. I don't apologize for the words, because they are and were true.
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