Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Lagger, Sebastian November 12, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com November 10, 2006, 5:10 pm Joliet Herald, Nov 13, 1925 Former Mayor Loses Battle with Pneumonia Sebastian Lagger, Long a Figure in Business and Politics, Dies Funeral Tomorrow Joliet Herald, November 13, 1925 Sebastian Lagger, 69 years old, former mayor of Joliet and president of the Superior Chemical company, died at his home, 604 Western avenue, at 6:10 o’clock last night following a two weeks illness of pneumonia. Mr. Lagger, a native of Will county, was prominent in Joliet politics, serving as alderman for 25 years, and as mayor. Born in Log Cabin Born May 14, 1856, in a log cabin near Mokena, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Lagger. Mr. Lagger moved to Joliet with his parents while a boy, residing on Bluff street. In his youth he served as a member of the Joliet volunteer fire department and was severely burned in a fire which destroyed a soap rendering factory on Bluff street nearly 50 years ago. Starting his political career as alderman from the Fourth ward, Mr. Lagger was elected mayor in 1897 to fill the unexpired term of Edward Akin, when the latter was elected attorney general of Illinois. He was then re-elected for a two-year term, going out of office in 1900. A republican in politics, Mr. Lagger was associated with Col. John Lambert. While he took an active part in city politics, he never aspired to state or national office. In 1900, Mr. Lagger, with Louis Lagger, his son, and John W. Block, organized the Superior Chemical company and was president of that organization. He was also one of the organizers of the Joliet National bank, and helped form the E. Porter Products company, being its president until he sold out his interest in the company two years before national prohibition became effective. Widow Survives Mr. Lagger was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Ra___, who died in 1886. Two years later he married Miss Carrie L. Foster, who survives him. In addition to the widow there survives one son, Louis Lagger, Sr.; three daughters, Mrs. Laura Lagger Hopper, wife of La Verne Hopper of Chicago, Sister M. Julia, a member of the order of St. Francis, of Joliet, and Mrs. Emma Lagger Wachendorfer, of Joliet, wife of Fred Wachendorfer, of Joliet; and seven grandchildren, Louis Lagger Jr., Dorothy E. Lagger, Edwin J. Lagger, Robert C. Lagger, Frederick Wachendorfer, Paul Wachendorfer, and Joseph Wachendorfer. Funeral services will be held from the home at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow morning to St. John’s Catholic church, of which Mr. Lagger was a prominent member at 10 o’clock and burial will be in St. John’s cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/obits/l/lagger457nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb