Alverna M. Paulan Wagner. Passed away peacefully on June 6, 2016 at a still sharp 90. Retired Foreign Patent Attorney for Mobil Oil and Squibb Inc. Worked with Dr. Percy Julian on Soya research at Glidden after Mundelein College. Graduated with J.D. degree from DePaul University Law School. Resident at The Clare's Independent Living in Streeterville.

Beloved wife of the late Harold M. Wagner; fond stepmother to Beth Dougherty, Nancy (Luke) LaValle and Harold Jr. Dougherty and LaValle great- and grandchildren; daughter of the late James E. and Alvina Paulan Sr.; dear sister to the late James E. (Jeannine) Paulan Jr., and the late Rita (Norbert) Fuller, Colette McCarthy, Darlene Paulan and Kenneth (Angela) Paulan; many nieces and nephews and her beloved Shih Tzu, Lucie Ann.

Visitation Monday, June 13, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Holy Name Cathedral Chapel (enter on Superior Street), 30 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60610. Funeral Mass Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Name Cathedral. Interment St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Donations in lieu of flowers to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago , Francis Xavier Ward School , and Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago .

For further information please call 312-421-0936.