Duane ‘Digger’ Hagemann

Created: Monday, March 4, 2013 1:15 a.m. CDT

MOUNT MORRIS – Duane “Digger” Hagemann, 82, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford.

Duane was born Oct. 6, 1930, in Freeport, the son of Herman and Ella (Avey) Hagemann. Duane graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1949 and served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict from 1951 to 1953.

Duane married Nancy Lizer on Feb. 3, 1951, in Mount Morris. He worked in the finishing department at Kable Printing Co. in Mount Morris for 40 years, where he served as a supervisor for several years. He was a school bus driver for 10 years in the Mount Morris School District.

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