2 years!! And I miss you Dad. I always will! Thank you for trusting us to care for you. 
I love you,
Nancy 

Don and I celebrated YOU today Dad! We ate out like we did with you every Sunday: and ordered onion soup in your honor! Don and I talked about great times we all 3 had together. After lunch we went to the Palace theater and I told people how excited you were when we discovered it in 2017! You were such a trooper Dad to go on every day trip I planned: you had no choice! But you were always glad to adventure out! I’m so happy we all did! Gosh, I miss you. Hug my boys please. ❤️❤️

One year… wow. 
I miss you Dad. I’ll always love you. Everything here reminds me of you… 
Love,
Nancy 

What a man I have to follow!  He was extraordinary.    He set a high bar in his kindness, humility, compassion and genius of invention.    He showed me a number of wood shop skills, making his gifts for others.   Making the Bat house was enjoyable, learning how to saw the ridges in the wood wall for them to grasp.   Years ago he gave me his metal turning lathe.   Living here, he was re-united with it.   He made wood bushings and used it for construction of metal rods that supported the whirlybirds.    The best thing he gave me was complete and total acceptance from the first day I met him.    I couldn’t have asked for anything better in this life.  

Although I didn't personally know Mr. Hagan, his daughter Nancy made me feel like he was my own grandpa. I grew to know bits and pieces of his life and I fell in love with his soul, kindness, stories, demeanor and the love he had for his family.  Through her journals of their time, the cutest pictures and videos and her testimonies of what a great man he was, I'm positive he's resting peacefully in God's arms and making the most beautiful twirly birds in the clouds. ❤

Dad was Staff Sargent in the Army during WWII. As much as he hated boot camp— he really enjoyed his whole army experience. When people would shake his hand and thank him for his service Dad would reply “I didn’t ask to go! I was drafted!” He was very thankful he never had to fight overseas. He saw how war had affected his father. That was his big worry while serving at Camp Crowder, Missouri: that he would be sent off to fight. He said once a week they posted names of soldiers being shipped out and Dad would be very anxious until he knew his name wasn’t on there. I’m thankful God protected my Dad all his life. 

Of course I included Dad in everything I did dealing with tutoring second graders at a local school. Here we are assembling snowman kits for the kids to put together. He was always enthused to help and couldn’t wait to hear how the kids enjoyed them! Of course, Dad made his own snowman and hung it on our tree. 
Christmas, 2019

Dad loved this photo with mom! He said it was the only apple they ever had off their apple tree! He loved the way mom looked so happy here! Dad blessed Don, Star and me with hiring a wonderful landscaper here and we have a beautiful backyard now. Apple tree and all! Thanks Daddy! I love you. 

Dad, Don and I using the new selfie stick! Dad was fascinated: and of course I gave him the remote! This was a recent fun memory for us! May, 2021 

My Dad was the first man I ever loved! Ironic that the second man I ever loved (my sweet husband Don) helped me care for him these last four years in our home in TX. Dad was totally a part of our new family of three (plus Star!) and I feel blessed he lived with us! He was generous and caring and told us often he was thankful to be with us. We were thankful too for the great times we shared. Dad lived life fully! He wanted to please everyone with his smile, stories, and his sense of humor. I miss him already. I’ll always  love you Daddy! 

I never had the honor to meet Bill in person. However, we exchanged gifts and cards throughout the years. This amazing man had the biggest heart and was so kind. Nancy and her family were there for me durning hard times and her family has always supported and accpected me. He will be truly missed. 

RIP Mr Hagan, you will always have a special place in my heart. I felt as though you were my second family. I think I was at your home more than my own. You included me at meals as if I was your own. I will remember you sitting on your couch reading and I always thought, wow, he must be really smart. For you grabbed one of our text books and read it in one evening. May you join Lola and the rest of your family and be at peace. Memories of you and your family will always be cherished and held close to my heart. ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

For 25 years, Bill was my favorite neighbor in Escondido, CA.  I could never get enough of Bill's stories.  What a great storyteller! 
We enjoyed some time together with trips to Home Depot and shared hobbies and home improvement projects.  In 2017, we were sad to see Bill move to Texas but knew that the time was right and he had a loving family to take care of him.  May the loving memories of Bill bring you comfort, peace and strength. 

I loved my Uncle Bill! He was my mother's older brother and we always enjoyed his visits to Lexington. My fondest memories are around my grandmother's dinner table where Bill would entertain us with his stories of things going on at work or traveling the country in his own plane. He was an amazing man.

Bill has been my sweetheart penpal for years, and through our correspondence and time together, he touched my heart as he has so many others.  His stories, his woodwork gifts, his selfies…. He was loved.  He will not be forgotten.  
  

Visited in February of 2021 after getting vaccinated for Covid.  Enjoyed Mr Bill very much.  Made him some French onion soup..which he really liked..and an apple pie.  Definitely a labor of love!  Mr. Bill will be missed by many.  

OBITUARIO

William Kelly Hagan II

16 octubre, 1924 – 5 junio, 2021

El Camino Memorial - Sorrento Valley & Memorial Park

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