Ralph Hagedorn 1918-1988

HAGEDORN, GOLWITZER, KUKER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 2/24/2021 at 06:44:54

16 June 1988 - Carrol Times Heralod

Mass of the Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday, June 17, at Sacred Heart Church in Manning for Ralph Hagedorn, 70, who died Tuesday, June 14, at Trimont (Minn.) Hospital.

Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning with military honors provided by the Emil Ewoldt Post 22 of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517.

The Rev. Ralph Reinhart will officiate at the services.

Mass servers will be Pat Vollstedt, Jeremy Kasperbauer and Michael Kasperbauer.

Honorary casket bearers will be Bill Steneker, Merlyn Hargens, Bud Weems, Ralph Grundmeier, Darwin Haskins, Frank Willis and Charles Schumann. Casket bearers will be Roger Vollstedt, Clarence Golwitzer, Dave Kusel, Arnold Golwitzer, Jerome Kasperbauer and John Golwitzer,

Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning.

Born Feb. 11, 1918, near Manning, Mr. Hagedorn was a son of Herman and Anna (Kollmetz) Hagedorn. He attended Manning schools and graduated from Manning High School in 1936.

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he entered the U.S. Army and served until 1945. He was stationed in the Pacific where he was wounded, receiving the Purple Heart.

On Oct. 21, 1946, he was married to Martha Golwitzer at Sacred Heart Church in Manning by the Rev. Roder. After his marriage, Mr. Hagedorn drove a gas truck for his brother-in-law Jake Kuker. He also worked for Norm Kuker and was later employed at Priebes.

In 1955, Mr. Hagedorn and his wife established Ral-Mars variety store in Manning. In the early 1960s a lunch counter was added to the store. The Hagedorns operated the business until they retired in April 1983.

Mr. and Mrs. Hagedorn were fishing near Sherburn, Minn., where he suddenly became ill and died on Tuesday.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Manning and served as church usher. He was a member of the VFW and American Legion in Manning.

He was active in civic affairs and helped with Manning's centennial celebration.

He supported Manning High School's sports program. Since 1945, he had attended all varsity football and basketball games except for four games he missed when he suffered a heart attack 11 years ago.

He was an announcer and commentator for local softball and baseball games and helped with production of programming on Manning's cable-television access channel.

Mr. Hagedorn is survived by his wife, Martha, of Manning; son, Mark, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and two sisters, Goldie Hagedorn of Omaha, Neb., and Mary Kuker of Audubon.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Helen Hagedorn, at age 14.