Erika Magarete Hager
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A memorial service for Erika Margarete Hager were held 6 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Sitka Salvation Army church, with a potluck afterward. Chaplain Rusty Sutton will officiate.
A funeral was held April 1 in Pensacola, Fla.
Erika died March 22 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage after an illness. She was 71.
She was born Feb. 17, 1942, in Frankfurt, Germany, the daughter of Georg Wilhelm and Grete Huebscher.
She married James Daniel Hager, who was in the U.S. Army, in 1968, and they moved to the United States in 1969. After his retirement from the Army, they lived in Columbus, Ga., then moved to Pensacola, Fla. He died in 1995, and in 2006 Erika came to Sitka, where one of her daughters, Cornelia Huebscher, was living.
Erika enjoyed “to the fullest that Sitka had to offer, and it is a lot,” her family said. “She called it a little piece of heaven.”
She was interested in the various cultures, and made many friends here. She enjoyed playing cards on Saturday evenings with friends, and loved all kinds of animals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband James Daniel Hager; stepson George Hager; and stepdaughter Brenda Hager.
She is survived by her daughters, Cornelia Huebscher of Sitka, and Patricia Huebscher and Sandra Huebscher, and granddaughter Katrin, all of Germany; a son, Frank Huebscher of Tennessee; granddaughter Brianna Huebscher of Georgia; grandson, Timothy Huebscher, and great-granddaughter Harleigh Nicole Ott, both of Delta Junction, Alaska; stepsons James Hager, and wife Sharon, of Pensacola, Charles Hager of Columbus, and William Hager, of South Carolina; and numerous step-grandchildren.
Also surviving are her brothers, Manfred Huebscher, Dieter Huebscher, Kurt Huebscher, Georg Huebscher, Andreas Huebscher and Stefan Huebscher; and sister Monika Klee, all of Germany.
“My mother is going to be missed very much by her family and the many friends she made over her lifetime,” her daughter said.
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