Funeral for Gainesville Council veteran set for Friday

The funeral for longtime Gainesville City Councilman George Wangemann is set for Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Gainesville. Wangemann, 38 years on the Council in Gainesville before his resignation in December, died last week after a battle with cancer. He was 72 years old.

From Memorial Park Funeral Homes...

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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