Charles Lee Hageman

By Phil Cobb | December 3, 2016 |

Charles Lee Hageman

Charles Lee Hageman

1935-2016

Charles Lee Hageman, 81, Maryville, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 1,

2016, in Maryville.

Lee was born

in Clay Center, Kansas, on June 22, 1935, to George and Lora (Norris) Hageman. He graduated Riley Rural High School, Riley,

Kansas, in 1953. He attended the University

of Kansas and received the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts

degrees. Lee was a member of Theta Chi

social fraternity and later served as an alumni advisor. He was a member and officer of Alpha Rho

Gamma, professional fraternity.

Upon

graduation from KU, Lee opened the first custom design jewelry store, the

Premier Jewelry Shop, in Lawrence, Kansas. After 10 years in the jewelry business, Lee became the Jewelry and

Silversmithing teacher in the Department of Art at Northwest Missouri State

University, Maryville, Missouri. He taught for

30 years at Northwest retiring in 1998.

Lee served as Chair of the Department of Art from 1978 until 1998.

Lee designed

and created the gold and silver Mace in 1977, for the inauguration of Dr. B.D.

Owens. The Mace was later stolen from

the Olive DeLuce Building. He also set

the sapphires and rubies in the University of Kansas Mace.

Lee designed

and created the silver Chain of Office for the President of Northwest which is

worn at graduations. He designed and

created six Board of Regents Medallions, worn by the Regents at graduation.

Lee was the

past president of the Missouri Craft Council. He was the Missouri State Representative to the 11 state North Central

Craft Council. He was a former member of

the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

Lee was a

patient teacher and was well liked and respected by the students and

faculty. He spent many years researching

and developing a contemporary pewter department. He was a popular quest speaker and taught

workshops throughout the Midwest.

Lee created

and directed a high school art camp at Northwest for several summers.

He taught

seven summer workshops for New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, with the

classes being held in the mountains at Cloudcroft. He also taught three summers at Ghost Ranch

near Abiqui, New Mexico.

Lee was

preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Alberta Hageman Wagaman.

He is

survived by his wife of 57 years, Edee Hageman; two sons, Dr. Steven J.

Hageman, Boone, North Carolina, and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth R. Miller, Charlotte, North Carolina; Scott A. Hageman and his wife, Beth Coffelt Hageman, Kansas City, Missouri, and two granddaughters, Ava Anne Hageman and Leah Reese Hageman, Kansas City, Missouri; one nephew, Marc

Wagaman, Emporia, Kansas, and one niece, Marian Wagaman Cordill, Buhler, Kansas.

Lee was a devoted husband and father. He spent

many hours fishing with his sons in their canoe. He taught his sons to hunt for rocks, and cut

and polish them into stones. Both of his

sons became University Professors of Geology.

Lee’s body

has been cremated. His memorial services

will be at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at the Bram-Danfelt Funeral

Home, Maryville, Missouri. The inurnment will

be at a later date at the Riley Cemetery, Riley, Kansas.

The family

will receive friends for one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the funeral