Obituary - Carl F. Hagerup

Friday, June 8, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Lifelong Juneau resident Carl F. Hagerup died on June 7, 2001, at his home in Thane.

An obituary and details of his memorial service will be printed at a later date.

Tuesday, June 12, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
Carl F. Hagerup

Lifelong Juneau resident Carl Ferdinand Hagerup died June 7, 2001, at his home in Thane.

He was born Oct. 4, 1913, in Juneau to parents Trygve and Hulda Hagerup. Several months later, the family moved to Thane and then to Douglas, where he began his schooling. He graduated from Juneau High School in 1933.

He learned the carpenter trade, working for local contractors until his retirement in 1978.

During the depression years, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and then worked for the Forest Service, making direction signs for the Territory of Alaska. During this time he carved the Mendenhall Glacier ice limit signs that are still visible today.

He enlisted in the Army on April 22, 1942, serving in the 10th Air Force Emergency Rescue Boat Squadron, the 924th Boat Company in Kodiak. As the war moved westward, he served in Adak and Attu on the Aleutian Chain. During his Army days, he taught evening classes in navigation on a volunteer basis.

He received his first furlough in August 1945, and while flying back to Adak, heard the radio announcement for Japanese surrender. He was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant on Dec. 12, 1945.

He married Agnes Erlandson in Juneau on Aug. 14, 1949. The family moved to Thane in 1954. On a homesite he had obtained in 1950, he built a home and where he lived until his death.

After his retirement, he spent a dozen years as a volunteer in Juneau's elementary schools, teaching geometric concepts to the children using a device he invented called the "radii." He thoroughly enjoyed these years with the children, his family wrote.

He was a member of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska and Carpenters Union No. 2247.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Ray.

He is survived by his wife Agnes and his son Ron, both of Juneau; his daughters Marjorie Hagerup of Indianola, Wash., and Karen Haines of Morongo Valley, Calif.; his grandchildren Molly Butters of Portland, Ore., Dwijen Buckendorf of Indianola, Wash., and Rose and Lily Hagerup of Juneau; his great-granddaughter Sage Johnson of Portland, Ore.; his sisters Dagny Chandler of Issaquah, Wash., and Annabelle Eylar of Soldotna; his brother Ervin Hagerup of Renton, Wash.; and his many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, June 15, at the Juneau Senior Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to Hospice and Home Care of Juneau, 3200 Hospital Drive, or to a charity of choice.