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| Lester Clifton Hager July 17, 1916 September 18, 2009 |
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| Funeral service for Lester Clifton Hager, 93, of Alva, who departed this life at Share Medical Center in Alva on September 18, 2009, will be Monday, September 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at the Aline United Methodist Church with burial in Aline Star Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Casket will be open at Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. in Cherokee on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Memories may be shared with the family by going to www.lanmanmemorials.com. Mr. Hager was born July 17, 1916 in rural Major County Oklahoma and was the oldest surviving member of the Hedrick pioneer family who homesteaded land in what became the Oakdale community near Aline, OK. Mr. Hager grew up in the community and met his wife, Mildred Julian, while she was a teacher at the Oakdale School. She preceded him in death. They married June 10, 1942 and had two children, Gale Hale of Riverside, CA and Keith Hager and wife, Ann, of Kingman, KS. Mr. Hager has 2 grandchildren, Chad Hales and wife, Pam of Yorba Linda, CA and Julienne Hoffman of Douglass, KS. His great grandchildren are Jared, Luke, Micah, and Abigail Hales and Cody Hoffman. Mr. Hager was the most senior surviving descendant of the P.C. Hedrick family. The Hedrick’s are a well- known pioneer family of the rural Oakdale community near Aline and Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. Mr. Hager’s maternal grandparents, P.C. and Amy Hedrick were prominent members of the community and homesteaded land during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in 1893. They donated the land on which the Oakdale School and later the Oakdale Methodist Church were built. The Oakdale School is a Registered Oklahoma Historic Landmark. Mr. Hager worked for Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas during WW II and in 1946 became the owner of Hager Produce in Aline, which he operated for the next 10 years. In 1957, Mr. Hager was again employed by Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita and subsequently by Duo- Bed Corporation and Cessna Aircraft Company for the next 25 years. Upon his retirement in 1981, Mr. Hager moved to Alva to his present residence at 1106 Third Street. He was a member of the Do Little Camping Club and the Northwestern Antique Car Club. He was a member of the Aline United Methodist Church for the last 60 years and attended regularly. He was a member of the Masons for over 50 years and is a past member of the Oddfellows and Rebeckahs. He served on the board of the Alva Senior Citizens and was active in their daily activities and fundraising projects. Mr. Hager resided in the Share Convalescent Home in Alva for the past few years. Memorials may be made to Aline United Methodist Church through the funeral home. |
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