Chester J. Hageman, 87,of St. Paul, Minn., and formerly of Lorain, Oberlin and Bay Village, died Dec. 7.
Born in Lorain, he was raised in Oberlin and lived in Bay Village for 49 years. He [was a 1932 graduate of Oberlin High School and] earned a business degree in business marketing at Miami University of Ohio [in 1936]. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
During World War II, he was a staff sergeant with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored division for about four years. He went from Casablanca, French Morocco to Berlin, Germany with the division. He was on the initial amphibious assault landing in the Sicily invasion and D-5 landing in Normandy.
Mr. Hageman participated in all major campaigns in Europe and northern Africa. He received a Bronze Star for commanding a medical half-track that provided medical support during the clearing of enemy troops in Kaldenhasen, Germany, in 1945. He picked up all casualties, gave them immediate treatment and sent them to the rear while under heavy fire. He also received a Belgian Fourrage and served for six weeks as an exchange soldier with the British Army.
He was a food broker, working for Carl H. Weber Co. in the restaurant trade in the Cleveland area until retiring in the 1980s.
While his daughters were growing up, he planned 10-day driving vacations with his family, covering the east coast from Maine to South Carolina and going as far west as Wisconsin.
Mr. Hageman was well known in Bay Village in the 1950s and 1960s for having the best Fourth of July backyard fireworks display before there were community fireworks.
He was a member of Bay United Methodist Church in Bay Village.
Survivors include his daughters, Hollace Hageman and Cynthia Sargent; a granddaughter; and a sister, Grace Hageman of Sarasota, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hope A. (nee Steiner), and his parents, Conrad Elmer and Marie G. (nee Peck) Hageman.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Jenkins Funeral Chapel, 2914 Dover Center Road, Westlake.
The Rev. Rollin Conway will officiate.
Burial will be private in Brownhelm Cemetery in Brownhelm Township.
Memorials may be made to the National World War II Memorial Campaign, American Battle Monuments Commission, P.O. Box 96766, Washington, D.C. 20090-6766 or online at www.wwiimemorial.com.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, December 15, 2001.
Born in Lorain, he was raised in Oberlin and lived in Bay Village for 49 years. He [was a 1932 graduate of Oberlin High School and] earned a business degree in business marketing at Miami University of Ohio [in 1936]. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
During World War II, he was a staff sergeant with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored division for about four years. He went from Casablanca, French Morocco to Berlin, Germany with the division. He was on the initial amphibious assault landing in the Sicily invasion and D-5 landing in Normandy.
Mr. Hageman participated in all major campaigns in Europe and northern Africa. He received a Bronze Star for commanding a medical half-track that provided medical support during the clearing of enemy troops in Kaldenhasen, Germany, in 1945. He picked up all casualties, gave them immediate treatment and sent them to the rear while under heavy fire. He also received a Belgian Fourrage and served for six weeks as an exchange soldier with the British Army.
He was a food broker, working for Carl H. Weber Co. in the restaurant trade in the Cleveland area until retiring in the 1980s.
While his daughters were growing up, he planned 10-day driving vacations with his family, covering the east coast from Maine to South Carolina and going as far west as Wisconsin.
Mr. Hageman was well known in Bay Village in the 1950s and 1960s for having the best Fourth of July backyard fireworks display before there were community fireworks.
He was a member of Bay United Methodist Church in Bay Village.
Survivors include his daughters, Hollace Hageman and Cynthia Sargent; a granddaughter; and a sister, Grace Hageman of Sarasota, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hope A. (nee Steiner), and his parents, Conrad Elmer and Marie G. (nee Peck) Hageman.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Jenkins Funeral Chapel, 2914 Dover Center Road, Westlake.
The Rev. Rollin Conway will officiate.
Burial will be private in Brownhelm Cemetery in Brownhelm Township.
Memorials may be made to the National World War II Memorial Campaign, American Battle Monuments Commission, P.O. Box 96766, Washington, D.C. 20090-6766 or online at www.wwiimemorial.com.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, December 15, 2001.
Chester J. Hageman, 87,of St. Paul, Minn., and formerly of Lorain, Oberlin and Bay Village, died Dec. 7.
Born in Lorain, he was raised in Oberlin and lived in Bay Village for 49 years. He [was a 1932 graduate of Oberlin High School and] earned a business degree in business marketing at Miami University of Ohio [in 1936]. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
During World War II, he was a staff sergeant with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored division for about four years. He went from Casablanca, French Morocco to Berlin, Germany with the division. He was on the initial amphibious assault landing in the Sicily invasion and D-5 landing in Normandy.
Mr. Hageman participated in all major campaigns in Europe and northern Africa. He received a Bronze Star for commanding a medical half-track that provided medical support during the clearing of enemy troops in Kaldenhasen, Germany, in 1945. He picked up all casualties, gave them immediate treatment and sent them to the rear while under heavy fire. He also received a Belgian Fourrage and served for six weeks as an exchange soldier with the British Army.
He was a food broker, working for Carl H. Weber Co. in the restaurant trade in the Cleveland area until retiring in the 1980s.
While his daughters were growing up, he planned 10-day driving vacations with his family, covering the east coast from Maine to South Carolina and going as far west as Wisconsin.
Mr. Hageman was well known in Bay Village in the 1950s and 1960s for having the best Fourth of July backyard fireworks display before there were community fireworks.
He was a member of Bay United Methodist Church in Bay Village.
Survivors include his daughters, Hollace Hageman and Cynthia Sargent; a granddaughter; and a sister, Grace Hageman of Sarasota, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hope A. (nee Steiner), and his parents, Conrad Elmer and Marie G. (nee Peck) Hageman.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Jenkins Funeral Chapel, 2914 Dover Center Road, Westlake.
The Rev. Rollin Conway will officiate.
Burial will be private in Brownhelm Cemetery in Brownhelm Township.
Memorials may be made to the National World War II Memorial Campaign, American Battle Monuments Commission, P.O. Box 96766, Washington, D.C. 20090-6766 or online at www.wwiimemorial.com.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, December 15, 2001.
Born in Lorain, he was raised in Oberlin and lived in Bay Village for 49 years. He [was a 1932 graduate of Oberlin High School and] earned a business degree in business marketing at Miami University of Ohio [in 1936]. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
During World War II, he was a staff sergeant with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored division for about four years. He went from Casablanca, French Morocco to Berlin, Germany with the division. He was on the initial amphibious assault landing in the Sicily invasion and D-5 landing in Normandy.
Mr. Hageman participated in all major campaigns in Europe and northern Africa. He received a Bronze Star for commanding a medical half-track that provided medical support during the clearing of enemy troops in Kaldenhasen, Germany, in 1945. He picked up all casualties, gave them immediate treatment and sent them to the rear while under heavy fire. He also received a Belgian Fourrage and served for six weeks as an exchange soldier with the British Army.
He was a food broker, working for Carl H. Weber Co. in the restaurant trade in the Cleveland area until retiring in the 1980s.
While his daughters were growing up, he planned 10-day driving vacations with his family, covering the east coast from Maine to South Carolina and going as far west as Wisconsin.
Mr. Hageman was well known in Bay Village in the 1950s and 1960s for having the best Fourth of July backyard fireworks display before there were community fireworks.
He was a member of Bay United Methodist Church in Bay Village.
Survivors include his daughters, Hollace Hageman and Cynthia Sargent; a granddaughter; and a sister, Grace Hageman of Sarasota, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hope A. (nee Steiner), and his parents, Conrad Elmer and Marie G. (nee Peck) Hageman.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Jenkins Funeral Chapel, 2914 Dover Center Road, Westlake.
The Rev. Rollin Conway will officiate.
Burial will be private in Brownhelm Cemetery in Brownhelm Township.
Memorials may be made to the National World War II Memorial Campaign, American Battle Monuments Commission, P.O. Box 96766, Washington, D.C. 20090-6766 or online at www.wwiimemorial.com.
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Saturday, December 15, 2001.
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