The Shadow
Doris Hagedon
Doris Marcelle Hanson Hagedon passed peacefully from this life July 1, 2025.
She was born March 19, 1923, on the Hanson farm in Yellow Medicine County, Minn., to Mandt Roy Hanson and Anna Peterson Hanson.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Norwegian Lutheran Church. After graduating from Clarkfield High School, she attended the University of Minnesota followed by radio and teletype school in Minneapolis. In 1943 United Airlines hired 20 students including Doris to attend class in Oakland, Calif. While on the train to California, she met George Hagedon whom she married on August 28,1944. When the class finished, Doris was assigned to the airport in Bellingham Wash. and George, who was in the Navy, was stationed on the SS San Juan in the Pacific. When he returned from the war in 1945, they moved to Harbor Beach, Mich., his hometown where they lived for twenty years. Three children, Signe, Shawn, and Sam were born there. They moved to Nekoosa, Wis., and then to Covington, Va. In Covington, Doris became active in the Girl Scouts. She enjoyed being a member of the Edgemont Church Women’s Club.
She was an active volunteer for the Christmas Mother program. She enjoyed water aerobics at the YMCA and playing cards.
She is survived by two of her children, Signe and Sam, and nine grandchildren and thirteen great- grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Marilyn Hanson, of Watsonville, Calif., and many cousins and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George; brother Arvey Hanson; son Shawn; and grandson Christopher.
A memorial service will be held at Edgemont Presbyterian Church on Aug. 7,2025 at 11:00 a.m.
Donations may be made to Edgemont Presbyterian at 2306 South Church St., Covington, Va., or St. John United Methodist Church Ret’s Retreat, P.O. Box 129, Avon, N.C. 27915.
Arrangements are being handled by Loving Funeral Home; to view Mr. Simmons’s
