Doris A Hagens

Doris Hagens, 91, Steele, died November 14, 2011, at Medcenter One Care Center off Collins, Mandan. Services will be held at 10:30 am Friday, November 18, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Steele, with Rev. Jerome Hunkler officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Steele, ND. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm Thursday, November 17, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Steele, where an evening prayer service will begin at 7:00 pm. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Doris Aileen Hagens was born August 24, 1920, at Jamestown, ND, the daughter of Walter Edward and Esther Ruth Garvin DeVore. She was raised and educated at Dawson and graduated from Dawson High School in 1938. Doris graduated from a four year nurses training program at Bismarck Evangelical Hospital in 1942. Upon graduation, she went to Wisconsin to visit cousins and decided to stay and work at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. She also spent some time working at Dodge County Hospital in Freemont, NE, before returning to work at St. Joseph's in Marshfield. Doris married Joseph J. Hagens of Loyal, WI, on November 28, 1944, and they lived and dairy farmed there until 1946 when they moved to Steele, ND, to be near Doris' parents. They farmed about five miles from Steele until their retirement in 1978, at which time they moved into a home they built in Steele. Doris was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, St. Mary's Altar Society, North Dakota Farm Bureau, and belonged to PTA in both Steele and Dawson, where their ten children attended schools. She enjoyed baking, piano playing, and dancing. Doris was a loving and devoted wife and mother and will be deeply missed by her family and many good friends. She is survived by her four sons and daughters-in-law, Walter and Pat, Raymond and Ann, David and Diana, and Joseph and Cynthia; five daughters and sons-in-law, Janet Tauer, Jeannine and William Heller, Ramona and Dana Trom, Wanda and David Tauer, and Lorena and Kelly Davis; 32 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Helen and Stan Kuchar, Mora, MN, and Maxine and Robert Foye, Little Canada, MN. Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph; her son, Leonard; and her parents, Walter and Ruth.

Doris A Hagens

August 24, 1920 - November 14, 2011