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JOHN H. HAGER
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable John H. Hager, begs leave to submit the following:
John H. Hager was born in Ludlow Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hager, on August 30, 1871, and died at Waukon, Iowa, June 10, 1952. His education was acquired in the rural school and Breckenridge Institute at Decorah.
He served in the Spanish-American War with I Company, 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. In 1895 he engaged in the farm implement business in Waukon, which he conducted for several years.
June 14, 1905, Mr. Hager married Grace Falby, formerly of Burlington, Vermont. She survives with his two sisters, Mrs. John Opfer, Waukon, and Mrs. Edward Opfer, Rochester, Minnesota. The Hager family circle numbered twelve children, all of whom, with the exception of the sisters mentioned, preceded him in death.
In 1924 he was elected State Representative from Allamakee County, and from 1929 to 1932 served as state senator from the fortieth senatorial district.
He was active in all civic affairs, especially in securing Waukon’s Memorial Hospital. A member of the Masonic fraternity for fifty years, the Shrine and Consistory, charter member of the Golf and Kiwanis Clubs, and an active member of the Presbyterian Church, where he served as trustee until his death.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly: That in the passing of the Honorable John H. Hager, the state has lost a valuable and honorable citizen and one who contributed unselfish service to the State of Iowa.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread on the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the members of the family of the deceased.
WM. LINNEVOLD,
A. J. JOHNSON,
GEORGE L. SCOTT,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.