Nancy Lou Hagaman (Nichols) went to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 25, 2026 following a long and disabling illness. Nancy was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 9,1943 and grew up in north St. Louis. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1961, attended Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College and then Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau, Missouri where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education.
In 1965, Nancy began her career, teaching fourth grade at Springdale School in Berkeley, Missouri. She eventually completed her master’s degree in Elementary Education with a specialization in Remedial Reading. She completed her teaching career in the Title One Program at Griffith School in Ferguson, Missouri, retiring in 1995.
Nancy married Robert “Bob” Hagaman on June 23,1972. Bob and Nancy traveled extensively, visiting nearly every state in the USA and going on 20 cruises. In 2001, they moved from the St. Louis area to Homosassa and later, to Crystal River, Florida where they were active in their church (including choir, singing Christmas Tree, AWANAS and giving rides to fellow church goers), local political organizations, neighborhood watch, Meals on Wheels, theater groups, and square dance clubs. In 2025, facing health challenges, they returned to Union, Missouri to be near family.
Nancy is survived by her stepdaughters Carolyn Reppy, Valerie Throgmorton and Roberta Lancey; cousins Melinda Dienno, Jerry Oliver, Shirley Matthias and Karen Glaub; nephew Dan “Duffy” Powers, nieces Doris “Dodi” Vasquez and Rene Schmahl; great nieces, Asia Vasquez and Sage Russell, great nephew Rios Vasquez and many grand, great and great, great grandchildren.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Robert Hagaman, parents Jasper and Doris Nichols, sisters Mary Archer and Joyce Haulk, niece Mary Beth Powers, and her stepchildren Robert K. Hagaman and Juanita Slover.
Nancy’s family wishes to extend special thanks to Roberta Lancey and Toni Popham, the friendly, caring staff of Union Care Center and the nurses/staff from St. Croix Hospice for their loving care and to George Steffens for his compassionate friendship during her final illness.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or to St. Croix Hospice.
Visitation will be held at Alexander-White-Mullen Funeral Home, 11101 Saint Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO 63074, US, on October 30, 2026, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 am, with burial at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
