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Ardean Glen Hagemeister, age 68, of Tucson, Ariz. passed away on April 5, 2024.
A private burial will be held at the Aurora Cemetery for the family.
Ardean was born on Nov. 1, 1955 in Grand Island to Glen Ernest Hagemeister and Bethine Wilma (Anderson) Hagemeister.
He graduated from Aurora High School in 1974; earned a bachelor of arts in education degree from Kearney State in 1978; earned a master of music degree from UNL in 1982; was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity, taught school in Harvard and Genoa before moving to Arizona in 1985. He worked for several years at the Catalina Mountain Juvenile Detention Center, State of Arizona, before retiring.
Those left to cherish his memory are a brother Alan (Ramona) Hagemeister, Phoenix, Arizona and sister Jennifer Luther; three nephews, Matthew, Nicholas, and Andrew.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1994 and his mother in 2017.
