Hager, Sophia (Grotegut) -- 1863 - 1945

GOEKE, GROTEGUT, HAGER, NOLTING, EWING, LIVINGOOD, HENNING, SNITKER, THOMAE, BECHTEL, BIEBERMEYER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 8/13/2004 at 21:38:19

Mrs. HENRY (Sophia Grotegut) HAGER 1863-1945

Mrs. Henry Hager, 82, Passes Away on Friday

Mrs. Henry Hager, a resident of Ludlow township for more than 63 years, passed away Friday night at Waukon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herman Nolting, with whom she had been living recently.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in Bethlehem Presbyterian church in Ludlow, with the Rev. G. E. Reibert, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial in cemetery nearby.

Mrs. Hager was born as Sophia Grotegut Nov. 4, 1863, in Manitowoc, Wis., as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Grotegut, who settled in this county many years ago. She was married to Henry Hager who passed away in 1923. For some time Mrs. Hager lived in Frankville.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Nolting and Mrs. Melvin Ewing of Waukon, Mrs. Earl Livingood of Frankville and Mrs. Albert Henning in Ludlow; six sons, William of Milwaukee, Wis., Henry and Fred Hager of Postville, Edward Hager of Waukon, and Otto and Elmer Hager of Castalia; two brothers, Simon and Henry Grotegut of Waukon; and four sisters, Mrs. William Snitker and Mrs. Lydia Thomae of Waukon, Mrs. Fred Bechtel of Ludlow and Mrs. Mary Biebermeyer of Manitowoc, Wis.

Newspaper source unknown.

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Another unknown newspaper source has this obituary:

Funeral Rites for Mrs. Hager Held

POSTVILLE -- Funeral services were held Monday, November 19, for Mrs. Sophia Grotegut Hager, 82, from Nolting home in Waukon to Bethlehem Presbyterian church in Ludlow, the Rev. Reibert, pastor, officiating.

The daughter of Simon Grotegut and Minnie Goeke Grotegut, she was born November 4, 1863 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was married to Henry Hager and they spent 63 years in this community. Mr. Hager passed away in 1923.

Mrs. Hager's home was in Frankville, but had spent the last days of her life with her daughter, Mrs. Nolting in Waukon, at whose home she passed away.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Nolting and Mrs. Huenning (sic), and Mrs. Melvin Ewing, all of Waukon, and Mrs. Earl Livingood of Postville, and six sons, Henry and Fred of Postville; Otto and Elmer of Castalia; Will of Milwaukee, and Ed of Waukon.

The second obit contributed by Doris (Hager) Guese.