Hagen, Melba Marie (1918-2013)
HAGEN, DAHLBY, TRESLAN, MEYER, FAGERNESS, PETERSON, BERVEN, DAHLBY, HANNA, THOEN, ALMELIEN, GRAVES
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/8/2013 at 13:23:14
Melba Marie Hagen
(December 2, 1918 - July 15, 2013)Melba Marie Hagen, 94, of Lake Mills, Iowa, died on Monday, July 15, 2013, at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills, Iowa.
Melba was born to Peter A. and Marie (Treslan) Dahlby on December 2, 1918, in Joice, Iowa. She spent her childhood years in the Joice area where she attended school.
On May 15, 1938, Melba married Julian Hagen, also of Joice. Julian and Melba made their home in Joice where their two children, Warren and Judy, were born. In 1943, Julian joined the Army/Air Force, leaving Melba on her own with the two small children. Upon Julian's return from military service in December of 1945, the family made their home in Lake Mills. Three more children, Penny, Jan, and Jay, were born.
Melba spent her life as Julian's partner and helpmate as well as a fulltime mother to her five children. When her children were young, she volunteered as a Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader as well as a Sunday school teacher, Tuesday school teacher, and preschool teacher.
Melba was an active quilter at the Salem Lutheran Church where she was a member for seventy years. She was also a fifty year member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Lake Mills.
In 1958, Julian and Melba purchased a fishing resort in Canada where they spent their summers for nineteen years, returning to their home in Lake Mills for the winter months. At the resort, Melba worked as the cook, laundry person, cabin cleaner, and hostess.
The ever willing babysitter, she also provided a source of endless love and entertainment for her grandchildren. In particular, she enjoyed sharing her love of nature and the outdoors with young people.
Melba is survived by her children, Warren and Coral Hagen, Judy Levine Meyer and Jim Fagerness, all of Lake Mills, Homer and Penny Peterson, of Scarville, Jan and Lynn Berven, of Albert Lea, and Jay and Cindy Hagen, of Thompson; her brother- and sisters-in-law, Grace Dahlby, of Northwood, Vernon and Carole Hagen, of Lake Mills, and Dorothy Hagen Hanna, of Joice; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Melba was preceded in death by her parents; her father- and mother-in-law, Jens and Elizabeth Hagen; her husband, Julian; her grandson, Ryan Peterson; her son-in-law, Wayne Meyer; and her brothers and sisters as well as her brothers- and sisters-in-law: Daniel and Eleanor Dahlby, Thelma Beatrice Dahlby, Thelma Lorraine Dahlby, Evelyn and Truman Thoen, Aaron Dahlby, Vivian and Harold Hanna, Ole and Bernice Almelien, Hubert and Gladys Hagen, Norman and Louise Hagen, Earl Hagen, and Avis Hagen Graves.
Memorial service will be held at 2:30 PM, Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Salem Lutheran Church with Pastor David E. Jordon officiating. Visitation will be Friday evening, July 19, 2013, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, IA 50450, and again one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will take place at Salem Memorial Cemetery in Lake Mills, Iowa.
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