Mary Helen Freshley

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Mary Helen's obituary from the 7 June 2003 Alliance Review:

Mary Helen Hagan

Visitation: Sunday, June 8, 2003 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home 75 South Union Avenue
Alliance, OH 44601

Visitation: Monday, June 9, 2003 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
Aldersgate United Methodist Church 11394 Edison St. NE
Alliance, OH 44601

Service: Monday, June 9, 2003 11:00 AM
Aldersgate United Methodist Church 11394 Edison St. NE
Alliance, OH 44601

Mary Helen (Freshley) Hagan age 83 of Alliance passed away Thursday June 5, 2003 at 11:58 a.m. at Alliance Community Hospital.

She was born April 15, 1920 in Alliance to Elroy V. and Eva I. (Hazen) Freshley. A lifelong resident of Alliance, Mrs. Hagan was a 1938 graduate of Alliance High School. She was employed by the former Lembright Bakery and later employed at Taylorcraft during WWII. Mrs. Hagan was co-founder and bookkeeper for Hagan
Heating and Plumbing, established in 1956.

She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, formerly Pastor Parish Relations, lay member for the annual conference and served in the nursery. Mrs. Hagan was a member of the Marlington Senior Citizens, Charter Member and Golden Sheaf Member of Lexington Grange, and a member of Pamona and National Grange.

She was also a member of Hardscrabble Club, Alliance Carnation Area AARP, Alliance area Senior Citizens, Alliance Area Republican Club, Science Hill Historical Society, Marlboro Historical Society, Alliance Genealogical Society, and Alliance Historical Society. Mrs. Hagan was also a former advisor of the Union Grove Girls 4H Club.

She is survived by two daughters, Marikay Irene Martin (Michael) Colbert, Marjorie Jean Battershell, three sons Charles Elroy Hagan, Thomas Michael (Betty Whiteleather) Hagan, and State Representative John Patrick (Tina) Hagan, all of Alliance, twelve grandchildren; Stephanie Martin Shively, Steven C. Martin, Jacquelyn Battershell Miller, Eric Battershell, Charles J. Hagan, David Hagan, Richard Hagan, Hagan Faye Whiteleather, John P. Hagan Jr., Joseph Hagan, Joshua Hagan, and Christina Hagan, eight great-grandchildren, and one expected in October 2003, one great-great-granddaughter, one brother Dale A. Freshley of Alliance, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charles Russell Hagan, whom she married Feb. 24, 1946, and who died Sept. 2, 1976, one sister Dorothy Grace Davis, and one infant grandson Anthony Edward Battershell.

Interment will be at Marlboro Cemetery.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, or the Lexington Grange.

Mary married Charles Russell Hagan on 23 Feb 1946 in Lexington, Stark, Ohio, United States. Charles (son of Edward Charles Hagan and Mary Ellen Coy) was born on 12 Apr 1919 in Hanoverton, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Sep 1976 in Wade Park Veteran's Hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; was buried in Marlboro Cemetery, Marlboro, Stark, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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