KARL E. HAGLUND PASSED AWAY AT UMASS. HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 4, 2023. KARL SUFFERED FROM C.O.P.D. WHICH HE WANTED TO PASS ON FIRMLY IT WAS CAUSED BY CIGARETTE SMOKING.
HE LEAVES BEHIND 2 SISTERS - WENDIE E.HAGLUND OF WORCESTER, LOUISE BOYCE AND HUSBAND STEPHEN BOYCE OF BILLRICA., BROTHER KNUTE T. HAGLUND AND WIFE DIANE OF FL. ,SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS . KNUTE T. HAGLUND AND WIFE KAYEE, THEIR CHILDREN KNUTE AND ISLA OF CA. NEICE ELSA AND HUSBAND VINCENT ROWE THEIR CHILDREN RAMONA AND MIKA OF MAINE. NEPHEW JACOB BERENDES AND WIFE SAKIKO OF RHODE ISLAND. HE ALSO LEAVES MANY GREAT COUSINS AND HIS BELOVED CAT MYRTLE.
KARL ALWAYS EXPRESSED HIS LOVE TO HIS FAMILY.HE WILL BE MISSED FOR THE GENTLE SOUL THAT HE WAS.
HIS FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS GOOD FRIENDS, ED HASSAN, PAM HIS NURSE, ROBERT McGRATH. ALL HIS OLD AND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
KARL WAS BORN IN WORCESTER, SON OF KNUTE AND OLGA (JOHNSON) HAGLUND. HE WAS A GREAT SON, HE ASSISTED IN THE CARE OF HIS MOM IN HER LATER YEARS.
KARL GRADUATED FROM BOYS TRADE HIGH SCHOOL WITH MANY AWARDS.
WORKED FOR NOTRE DAME LTCC. AS HEAD GROUNDS KEEPER. WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW HIS TALENT AND PASSION FOR FLOWERS. HE ENJOYED BRINGING FLOWERS TO RESIDENTS AND VISITING WITH THEM. HE ALWAYS SAID 'IT WAS A HONOR TO HAD WORKED FOR NOTRE DAME LTCC.'
KARL COULD ALWAYS BE FOUND ON THE SHORE OF LAKE QUIINSIGAMOND FISHING OR AT HIS FAMILY SUMMER HOME ON STILES RESERVOR DOING WHAT HE LOVED MOST . AS AN ARTIST, KARL LOVED WOOD CARVING ,METAL WORK MAKING KNIFES AND PAINTING THE FLOWERS HE GREW.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT NOTRE DAME LONG TERM CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER 559 PLANTATION STREET WORCESTER ON SATURDAY JANUARY 21, 2023 AT 10;30 AM. MASKS MUST BE WORN. NORDGREN MEMORIAL CHAPEL 300 LINCOLN ST. IS ASSISTING THE FAMILY WITH ARRANGEMENTS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS IN HIS MEMORY MAY BE MADE TO WORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. TO LEAVE AN ONLINE CONDOLENCES MESSAGE PLEASE CLICK GUESTBOOK LINK.