A funeral mass was conducted Sept. 9 at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Jersey City, for Richard E. Waggner, 81. He died Aug. 30 at Center for Hope Hospice, Scotch Plains. A lifelong Jersey City resident, he was the son of the late Elizabeth (Galick) and Henry Waggner. He was a tool and dye maker for Western Electric Company, Kearny, for 42 years. He retired in 1990. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean War. He was a member of the Jersey City American Legion Post and also a coach with the Greenville National Little League. He was the husband of Barbara Foskey Waggner; father of Richard Waggner, Dennis A. Waggner and his wife Karen, Susan Neilan and her husband Timothy, Karen Stone and Thomas J. Waggner; grandfather of Kate and Renae Waggner, Craig, Ryan and DanaLynn Waggner, Christopher and Nicholas Stone; and brother of Walter Waggner and the late Robert Waggner. Services arranged by the Greenville Memorial Home, Jersey City.