Funeral Service: Thursday, July 5th at 7:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.
Interment: Friday, July 6, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the Scranton Cemetery in Scranton, ND.
Donald ErwinHagemeister, age 80, of Kinsey Montana passed away Thursday, June 28,2007 at the Friendship Villa in Miles City MT.
He was born on March 1, 1927 in Scranton North Dakota to Erwin and ThelmaHagemeister. He graduated from Scranton High School in 1945. Don did not attend his graduation as he was being in route to serve in the Navy in the Philippines. He served in the Navy for 2 or 3 years stationed in Philippines during the end of the Korean War making roads and cleaning up during the end of the war. One of Don's favorite stories was that on his way over to the Philippines they were experiencing a very strong storm at sea. Don and all of his shipmates were ordered below deck until the storm was over. During the storm Don found his way topside as he wanted to see the storm head on. When the Master Sergeant caught him up on deck he demanded to know why he disobeyed an order. Don replied that being from North Dakota he had never experienced something like this and he didn't think that he could get a good look at the storm below deck. This must have impressed the Master Sergeant as he let Don sit out the rest of the storm topside.
Donald Hagemeister and Norma Deutscher were united in marriage on August 21, 1950 in Scranton, North Dakota. They moved to Bucyrus, North Dakota were Norma taught school and Donald farmed. They moved to Kinsey in 1961 were they lived and raised there family and learned to farm with irrigation. In 1985 Norma and Don retired and moved to Livingston for nine years and then returned to Kinsey making that their home until a year after Norma's death in October of 1996. Don moved to Arizona and met Jo Martin. They made their home in Arizona until January 2007. They enjoyed traveling together up to Montana each spring. Don loved going places. Whether it was in a vehicle or boat or an airplane he liked being on the go.
Donald is survived by four sons, Jim Hagemeister and wife Sheila of Kinsey, BobHagemeister and wife Debbie of Kinsey, MartyHagemeister and wife Ann, of Miles City, Jack and wife Diana of Moscow, Idaho; eleven grand-children and five great grand-children.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Norma in 1995, three brothers: Harold, Orville and Ralph, and his personal friend and companion Jo Martin of Safford, AZ
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Rural Cancer Center, Alzheimer's Association or to the charity of one's choice.
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