Jager, Willa (Mrs. Harry) 1906-1992

JAGER, RICHARDSON, CARTER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

Jager, Willa nee Richardson born 23 Jan 1906 died 6 Oct 1992 husb: Harry buried in Grace Hill cemetery Hawarden IA.

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Ireton Examiner of Oct 15, 1992

Willa Jager, 86, Of Hawarden, IA, died on Tuesday, October 6, 1992, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Hudson, SD. Services were held on Thursday, October 8, 1992, in Trinity Lutheran Church at Hawarden, the Reverend Loren Vogler officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Porte -Dow Funeral Home at Hawarden. Mrs. Jager, the former Willa Richardson, was born January 23, 1906, in Buffalo OK, the daughter of James and Mary (Carter) Richardson. At the age of four, she and her family moved to Missouri. At the age of 10, they moved to Ireton, IA. She married Harry Jager on September 10, 1923, in Orange City, IA, and they made their home in Hawarden. He died January 22, 1974. She had made her home it Colonial Manor for three years. Survivors include five sons and their wives, Harry Jr. "Bud" and Ann of Bremerton, WA, James and Verna of Hazel Green, AL, Gordon and Avis of Hawarden, Ronald and Margorie of Rock Valley, I A, and Robert and Glenda of Hawarden; four daughters and their husbands, Geneva "Sis" and Ellis Tucker of Akron, I A, Lois and Ken Plueger of Rock Valley, and Mary and Verle Marienau and Ruth and Harlan Benda, all of Hawarden; three sisters, Iva Howen of Williston, ND, Nell Mullarky of Madison, WI, and Myrtle (Mrs. Milo) Jurgenson of California; 26 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Ralph; a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Don Vipond; three sisters; and four brothers.