
Joyce E. Hagemann
Born: March 5th, 1928
Died: April 23rd, 2017
Obituary
Joyce E. Hagemann, age 89, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Illinois. Joyce was born on March 5, 1928 in Burlington, Iowa and is the daughter of Oscar F. and Johanna J. Kupfer Wiele. Joyce was raised in Burlington where she attended local schools and graduated from Burlington Senior High School. She then attended and received her Bachelors of Arts degree as a teacher from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois. She was married at the 1st United Church of Christ in Burlington, IA to Clinton S. Hagemann on Augst 25, 1949. He preceded her in death in February 1998. Joyce first was director of Christian Education at the first Congregation Church in Elmhurst, Illinois in 1948 and 49. She then was the first teacher of Warren Achievement School in Monmouth, Illinois and later taught Seventh grade from 1963 to 1983 at Central Junior High School in Monmouth, IL. Joyce is a member of Faith United Presbyterian Church where she taught Adult Bible Class and also was an ordained Deacon and Elder of her church. She is a life member of the American Association of University Women, Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary of Monmouth, Zetetic Book Club, the Buchanan Center for the Arts, United Presbyterian Women, Warren County Retired Teachers Association, and a life member of Illinois Retired Teachers Association. Joyce is survived by two sons, Bruce (Lynne) Hagemann of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and John (Vanessa) Franklin of San Francisco, California. Her granddaughter, Adrian M. Hagemann and grandson, William B. Hagemann. She is preceded in death by her sister, JoAnn Wiele.