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Portrait of George Wangemann
In loving memory of George Wangemann

George Wangemann

December 7, 1951 – January 17, 2024
Lived 72 years
Gainesville, Ga
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Mr. George Wangemann, 72, of Gainesville, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, January 26, 2024 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, 1234 Riverside Dr. in Gainesville. Bishop Kent Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Memorial Park Funeral Home Thursday, January 25, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Born on December 7, 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late Roger Carl Wangemann and Myrtle Lorraine Omen Wangemann. He worked at McCormick Spice Company, he also worked at Gibson Dental Lab, and served two years on the Gainesville School Board, Served Gainesville City Council for 38 years two terms being as the Mayor one of which was during the 1996 Olympics. He served on Food Bank, Keep Hall Beautiful, and Georgia Mountain Regional Commission, Meals on Wheels, Historic Preservation Committee, Red Bud Project, and Boy Scouts Religious Committee. He was a Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He served a two year mission in Brazil North, he was a Scoutmaster, a Bishop for the Church, and a Stake President. Graduated from BYU with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science where he later went on to serve in Hall County as a City Councilman.

Mr. Wangemann is survived by his wife, Judith Ellen Richards Wangemann of Gainesville, his daughter Amber and Paul Kyle of Gainesville, his son Michael and Anna Wangemann of Farmington, Utah, his daughter Melody Wangemann Hunley of Gainesville, his daughter Heidi and John Migalla of Gainesville, his son Christian Wangemann of Gainesville, his grandkids; Tanner and Kyia Wangemann, Riley Wangemann, John Migalla Jr., Ty Jameson, Hallie Wangemann, Blake Migalla, Hayden Wangemann, Laney Hunley, Abby Migalla, Claire Hunley, Olivia Wangemann, Kenan Bamala, and his siblings, Barbara Riedel, Douglas Wangemann, Nancy Parsons, Thomas Wangemann, Paul Wangemann, John Wangemann, and Jean Cannon.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 is in charge of arrangements.

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1951
Born December 7
1959
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1964
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1976
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1989
George was 38 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1991
George was 40 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2005
George was 54 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2015
George was 64 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
George was 71 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away January 17, age 72
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