Obit: Hagie, Donald E. (1925 - 2010)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Hagie, Horton, Minette, Moths 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 10, 2010 
 

Hagie, Donald E. (20 November 1925 - 7 February 2010) With Flag 
 

Donald E. Hagie, 84, of Oshkosh died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Agnesian Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.  
 

He was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Eau Claire, a son of Floyd and Vivian (Horton) Hagie and lived in the Neillsville area until enlisting in the U. S. Marine Air Corps during World War II. 
 

He married Josephine "Jo" Minette in Neillsville, March 14, 1947.  To this union, two children were born, Bruce and Sandra.  Donald and Jo moved their family to Oshkosh in 1961. 
 

Don was a blacksmith by trade and retired from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in 1988. 
 

He is survived by his son, Bruce; one daughter, Sandra (Terry) Moths; four grandchildren, Christopher, Scott and Laura Hagie and Casey Adam Moths; and the family of William Minette living in North Carolina. 
 

Cremation will take place, and according to his wishes, private inurnment will be held at Ellenwood Cemetery. 
 

Don’s family would prefer memorials, since there are no services, to be sent to Fisher House Foundation, Inc., 111 Rockville Pike Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168. 
 

The Konrad-Behlman Funeral Homes & Crematory, Oshkosh, assisted the family with arrangements. 

(Response to this Obituary)

As a young person [8-9yr. Old] I went to Don's dads blacksmith shop many times with my dad to repair broken farm machinery. We lived in town of Levis 5 mile south of Neillsville. Shop was another 4 mile south on hwy. 95 and is still there today. As a young married farmer in 1952, I took plow points to be sharpened etc. Don worked with his dad and all welding was done with the forge for welding.  When don came home from service he bought one of those "new-fangled" welders with a gas motor on rubber that could be taken right to the job.  Don's dad, Floyd didn't think much of this machine!  Floyd had built his own wood boiler in the shop that ran an overhead shaft with a belt. Then his other machines such as drills and plow sharpening trip hammer ran off that shaft.

Floyd Hagie could repair anything.  A thing of the past, but that blacksmith shop served the community well.  Don Schutte 2-16-10