Howard Hagen

Howard R. Hagen, age 93, of Wisconsin Rapids, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2025, at Renaissance Assisted Living.
Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, May 16, 2021, at Herman-Taylor Funeral Home in Wisconsin Rapids. Burial will be at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation for relatives and friends will be from 9:00 A.M. until the time of services on Friday at the funeral home.
Howard was born on June 6, 1931, in Cavalier, North Dakota the son of Roy and Verna (Steinbach) Hagen. Howard married Janice Fisher on April 2, 1967. They were blessed with 54 years of marriage. Howard worked for the Kraft Mill for 45 years as a millwright until his retirement in 1993. Along with Janice they ran the family business, Hagen's Apple Orchard, until selling it in 2005. In 2007 he established a new orchard and worked that until he could no longer. In his free time, he also did taxes for people at the Lowell Center for over 20 years. Howard and Janice were longtime members of St. John Lutheran Church in Sigel and later St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Seneca Corners.
Howard is survived by his children: Tammi (Lyle) Klish, Steve Hagen, and Mark (Starr) Hagen; grandchildren: Jenilee Klish, Jacob (Daniel) Klish-Krommenakker. Gordon (Kristin) Lowell, Leena (Matthew) Hansen, Joshua Hagen, Julian Hagen, Johanna (Luis) Jaramillo, Schuylar Hagen, Emma Hagen, Lars Hagen, and Eliza Hagen; great-grandchildren: Gordon III, Evie, and Oliver Lowell, Jose Jaramillo, Isabelle and Anastasia Hansen; He is further survived by his siblings, Joe Hagen, Ronald (Laura) Hagen, Rollie Hagen, Virginia (David) Palus and Mary (Bernie) Halkowski. sisters-in-law, Jill Hagen and Charlotte Hagen. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Janice in 2021, an infant sister, Genevieve Hagen, and siblings, Shirley (Robert) Krummel, Mavis (Robert) Bagby, Leland Hagen, Vernon Hagen and Thomas (Ann) Hagen.
The family would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You to the staffs of St. Croix Hospice and Renaissance Assisted Living for all the care they gave Howard.
Herman-Taylor Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the family.