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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Walter I.
Hager
June 27, 1935 – January 9, 2013
Obituary
Funeral services for Walter Hager, age 77, of Mobridge will be at 10:30 AM, Friday, January 18, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mobridge. Burial will be in the Selby Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 PM on Thursday at the funeral home. Walter passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the Greeley County Hospital in Tribune, KS.
Walter I. Hager was born on June 27, 1935 in Alva, OK to Iro A. and Alice (Palmer) Hager. He attended school at Alva and after school he started farming with his dad in Oklahoma and Colorado. In 1955 they moved to McIntosh, SD and he began to farm and ranch on his own as well as helping his dad. In 1978 he had the opportunity to purchase land in Leoti, KS which fulfilled his desire to farm back in the area where he had started farming with his dad.
He married Virginia (Overseth) Siverson on December 1, 1978. Together they continued to farm and ranch in the Dakotas and Kansas. In 2007 the farm and ranch in the Dakotas was sold and he semi-retired to Mobridge, SD. He continued going to Kansas to farm and ranch until his passing.
Walter loved farming and ranching. It wasn't work to him it was his hobby. He was never happier than when he was in his John Deere tractor. He enjoyed visiting with friends and neighbors over the tailgate of the pickup, spending time at auctions, sale barns and teaching his grandkids about farming and ranching.
Walter is survived by his wife, Virginia, three stepsons and their families, Marc (Janine), and children, Matt (Kate), and Chad; Gary (Amy) and their children, Taylor, Seth and Shane; Todd (Tammy) and their children, Virginia and Logan; two great grandchildren, Chloe and Fiona, two brothers, Wayne (Carol) Hager and Everett (JoAnn) Hager; two sisters, Betty (Jim) Hodgson and Ioma Yandell.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Casketbearers will be Dean Feiock, Harley Overseth, Brad Olson, Jamie Edinger, Francis Elder and Monte Hauck.
Honorary Bearers will be Duane Miller, Ray Goehring, Scott Payne, Art Walker, Les Lindskov, Dean Wendt, Everett Howe, and Andy Aberle.
Walter I. Hager was born on June 27, 1935 in Alva, OK to Iro A. and Alice (Palmer) Hager. He attended school at Alva and after school he started farming with his dad in Oklahoma and Colorado. In 1955 they moved to McIntosh, SD and he began to farm and ranch on his own as well as helping his dad. In 1978 he had the opportunity to purchase land in Leoti, KS which fulfilled his desire to farm back in the area where he had started farming with his dad.
He married Virginia (Overseth) Siverson on December 1, 1978. Together they continued to farm and ranch in the Dakotas and Kansas. In 2007 the farm and ranch in the Dakotas was sold and he semi-retired to Mobridge, SD. He continued going to Kansas to farm and ranch until his passing.
Walter loved farming and ranching. It wasn't work to him it was his hobby. He was never happier than when he was in his John Deere tractor. He enjoyed visiting with friends and neighbors over the tailgate of the pickup, spending time at auctions, sale barns and teaching his grandkids about farming and ranching.
Walter is survived by his wife, Virginia, three stepsons and their families, Marc (Janine), and children, Matt (Kate), and Chad; Gary (Amy) and their children, Taylor, Seth and Shane; Todd (Tammy) and their children, Virginia and Logan; two great grandchildren, Chloe and Fiona, two brothers, Wayne (Carol) Hager and Everett (JoAnn) Hager; two sisters, Betty (Jim) Hodgson and Ioma Yandell.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Casketbearers will be Dean Feiock, Harley Overseth, Brad Olson, Jamie Edinger, Francis Elder and Monte Hauck.
Honorary Bearers will be Duane Miller, Ray Goehring, Scott Payne, Art Walker, Les Lindskov, Dean Wendt, Everett Howe, and Andy Aberle.
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