OBITUARY OF GAZER LAWRENCE HAGER, APRIL 17, 1950;
In the COUNCIL GROVE REPUBLICAN.
COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950
Transcribed by Kenneth Thomas (mailto:thomask@iland.net)
23 July 1998

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Gazer L. Hager, well-known farmer and livestock man, died of a heart attack in a field
where he was working about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  He was 74 years old on Sunday.

A farmer in the Helmick neighborhood, he was on a load of hay when he was stricken.  He fell
from the wagon onto the ground where his body was discovered by a neighbor, Charles Krause.

Krause had noticed the team standing in the field for an unusally long period of time and 
went to investigate when he noticed they were restless.  County officers and Dr. N. A. Burkett
were called, and the latter said death was caused by a heart attack.

Born in Austria-Hungary in 1876, he came to this country when he was about six years old.  
His father and brother died soon after arriving in the United States, and he and his mother
came to Kansas to settle near Lawrence.  He moved to Morris County as a young man.  Mr. Hager
lived in the neighborhood of Kahola Lake for more than 20 years and owned a large amount
of land in that area.

Surviving him besides his wife are the following children:  Raymond Hager and Ross Hager of 
Counciil Grove, Gene Hager of Wichita, John HAger of Burley, ID., Mrs. George Fries of
Bartlesville,  Mrs. Frankie Richarson of Topeka and Mrs. Preston Thomas and Mrs. Mabel Holcomb
of Council Grove and Mrs. George Burton of El Cajon, California.  Two half-brothers, Jim Revere
and Frank Revere of Council Grove.
Completion of funeral services was being held up today awaiting word from the son in Idaho.

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