- Hagey, Gordon, son of Simon and Nancy (Moyer) Hagey, was born in Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 28, 1894; died Oct. 26, 1956, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., following an accident two days previous while loading cattle on a truck; aged 61 y. 10m. 28 d. On Dec. 26, 1917, he was married to Malinda Snyder who survives. To this union were born 3 sons (Edward, New Dundee, Ont.; Glen, Red Deer, Alta., and George, at home), 3 daughters (Ruth-Mrs. Wilfred Shantz, Ripley, Ont.; Edna-Mrs. Clarence Becker, Blair, Ont.; Lois-Mrs. Harold Cressman, New Hamburg, Ont.), also surviving are 2 brothers (Roy, New Hamburg; Elton, Lincoln Park, Mich.), 3 sisters (Mrs. Norman Groh, Beamsville, Ont.; Nellie Hagey, Galt, Ont., and Mrs. Laura Sauder, Toronto), and 18 grandchildren. He accepted Christ in his teens, uniting with the Hagey Mennonite Church, Preston, and was a member of the Preston congregation until his death. The funeral was held Oct. 29 at the Preston Church in charge of Merle Shantz, Howard Good, and Arnold Gingrich, with burial in the Hagey Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLIX , Number 49 - December 4, 1956 - page 1142,
"Hagey, Gordon, son of Simon and Nancy (Moyer) Hagey, was born in Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 28, 1894; died Oct. 26, 1956, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., following an accident two days previous while loading cattle on a truck; aged 61 y. 10m. 28 d. On Dec. 26, 1917, he was married to Malinda Snyder who survives. To this union were born 3 sons (Edward, New Dundee, Ont.; Glen, Red Deer, Alta., and George, at home), 3 daughters (Ruth-Mrs. Wilfred Shantz, Ripley, Ont.; Edna-Mrs. Clarence Becker, Blair, Ont.; Lois-Mrs. Harold Cressman, New Hamburg, Ont.), also surviving are 2 brothers (Roy, New Hamburg; Elton, Lincoln Park, Mich.), 3 sisters (Mrs. Norman Groh, Beamsville, Ont.; Nellie Hagey, Galt, Ont., and Mrs. Laura Sauder, Toronto), and 18 grandchildren. He accepted Christ in his teens, uniting with the Hagey Mennonite Church, Preston, and was a member of the Preston congregation until his death. The funeral was held Oct. 29 at the Preston Church in charge of Merle Shantz, Howard Good, and Arnold Gingrich, with burial in the Hagey Cemetery. "
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