RICHARD l. HENNAGIR

LUCIAN, HENNAGIR, STARK, TSCHIGGFRIE, SCHULTE, KNUDSLIEN, FISHER, HILDEBRAND, LABEE

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 2/2/2003 at 16:22:41

RICHARD l. HENNAGIR

Telegraph Herald - Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003

Richard L. Hennagir, 71, of 2331 Matthew John Drive, formerly of 2690 Mineral St., died of Lou Gehrig’s disease at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at home.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael’s Cathedral, with the Rev. Wayne Ressler officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the cathedral, where there will be a Christian wake service at 7:30 p.m. The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on Sept. 26, 1931, in Charles City, Iowa, son of Alfred Ray and Myrtle Genevieve (Lucian) Hennagir. He married Peg Stark on June 7, 1958, at Christ the King Church, Dayton, Iowa.

He was raised in Charles City, graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College and Loras College. He was a Navy veteran, having served in the Korean War from 1951 to its conclusion.

From 1957, until the present time, he was the owner of a life insurance agency. He won many awards and was a member of Continental Western’s Hall of Fame. He loved the insurance business.

Dick was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Parish for 30 years, where he was a lector, and was a volunteer coach for the junior high basketball team for eight years. As a member of St. Raphael’s Cathedral, he served on the parish council and as an usher.

He was a founding member of the 440 Club and was an honorary lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus for more than 50 years. He belonged to the Wahlert Century Club and Booster Club, and for many years helped with the Wahlert summer basketball program. In 1994, he received a Wahlert High School volunteer service award.

He was a board member of the Dubuque I Club. He sponsored many basketball teams in the city league. He was on the All-Tournament selection team for the National Catholic Basketball Tournament and was chairman of the Clarke Classic Selection Committee. He enjoyed all sports and many times he said, “Life is for the birds,” meaning the Wahlert Golden Eagles, the Iowa Hawkeyes and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Dick was very devoted to his family, his friends and to his Catholic faith.

Surviving are his wife, Peg, of Dubuque; a daughter, Angela, and her two children, Jeff and Steven Tschiggfrie, of Dubuque, another daughter, Mary Pat (Michael) Schulte, and their two children, Grace and Ella, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a son, Christopher, and his daughter, Katie, of La Crosse, Wis., another son, John, of Columbia, Mo.; three sisters, Phyllis (Dick) Knudslien, of Virginia, Minn., Joan Fisher, of Kalona, and Mary Lou (Bob) Hildebrand, of Des Moines; two sisters-in-law, Bonita LaBee, of Dubuque, and Amy Hennagir, of Charles City; as well as many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Donald and Alan Hennagir; and a brother-in-law, Harry Fisher.

In lieu of flowers, a Richard L. Hennagir Memorial Fund has been established.

The family would like to thank the many friends and relatives who helped with his care. A special thank-you to his friends, Jim Kunnert and Denny and Cleo Ann Marshall, who spent many days with him during the past 2½ years.