June (Remington) HAGIE

REMINGTON, HAGIE, WOOD, SEVERINO, ZELENIK, WEST

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2009 at 09:05:51

CLARION - June Hagie passed away on Jan. 3, 2009, in Clarion, Iowa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the UCC- Congregational Church in Clarion. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the charity of your choice or the Wright Medical Foundation at 1316 S. Main St., Clarion, IA 50525. She was born on June 25, 1913, at Rainy Lake, Ontario, Canada, to Boyd Scott and Grace (Wood) Remington. June's father, a free-lance civil engineer, frequently moved his young family to numerous jobs sites throughout the western United States. This resulted in June attending 22 schools before returning to her father's native Iowa. After graduating from Ames High School in 1931 she entered Iowa State College to major in child development. While there, she met Raymond Hagie whom she married after her graduation in 1935. Ray and June moved to the original Hagie family farm four and a half miles southwest of Clarion, where Ray was farming with his father and starting a hybrid seed corn business. June quickly adapted to farm life and became involved in county Extension work and was a dedicated 4-H leader. She was very active in P.E.O., numerous other community organizations and a charter member of the Clarion Chapter of AAUW. As a longtime member of the UCC-Congregational Church she, along with other church members, established the Meals-On-Wheels program and child care for pre-school children. In addition to community involvement, June was an avid bridge player and enjoyed golf and world travel. After retirement, Ray and June spent winters in Arizona until they moved to Ames, Iowa, in 1994. In 2005 they moved to The Meadows in Clarion where they lived until Ray died after 71 years of marriage.

June is survived by a son, John (Barb) Hagie of Clarion, daughter, Margaret (Frank) Severino of Des Moines and a son-in-law, Ted West, of Chicago; eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. June was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Raymond; a sister, Mary Zelenik; and a daughter, Kathryn West. Ewing Funeral Home in Clarion is in charge of the services.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
1/5/2009