Margaret “Marge” Hagman

Margaret “Marge” Hagman, was born on November 28, 1920 in Jersey City, NJ. Her parents Vincenzo Masciale came from Bari Italy to the USA and met his wife, Marie Antoinette Florio, also from Bari, here in the USA. Margaret is the last surviving member of the Masciale clan having been predeceased by her parents and siblings, Josephine, Rosemary, Emmanuel, Bartholomew, August, and by her husband, LeRoy Hagman, Sr. in 1979 and beloved daughter Phyllis Schiavello in 2008.

Margaret met her husband LeRoy Hagman, Sr after graduating high school and they raised a family in Jersey City, N.J. Including two daughters and a son.

Marge and Roy had a newsstand, two small restaurants and their final location was a terrific, full service restaurant in Jersey City called Roys. Marge was the front of the house and Roy the back, supervising the kitchen. Marge welcomed all the guests with her warm and welcoming personality.

After moving to San Francisco in 1980, she quickly adapted to the Bay Area. Marge loved Ball Room dancing and traveled around the Bay as many days of the week as she could. Volunteering at Project Open Hand, Marge utilized her food back ground and quickly organized the food line. Gardening was another passion of hers and she maintained a small garden at Fort Mason. From 1997-99 she was Auxiliary President of the Italian-American Community Services Agency. Marge also belonged to the Breakfast Club and The California Club of California.

In January of 2003, Marge moved to St Anne’s on Lake St. She loved living there. Playing bridge, Bingo, Jig Saw Puzzles, Scrabble and doing the daily cross word puzzle kept her mind fully engaged. Crocheting hats, scarves, and baby blankets became another favorite activity.

Marge is survived by her daughter Rosemary Hagman and her partner, Connie of Oakland, Ca and her son Roy Hagman and his wife Karen of Middletown, NJ, their daughters and son-inlaw, Victoria of Brooklyn, NY, Emily and Scott Sanford of Belford, NJ and Phyliss’ daughter Nicole and Joe Eggleton of Ridgefield, CT and their daughters Harper and Sage.

In Marge’s memory and honor, the family requests donations to be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Http://www.littlesistersofthepoorsanfrancisco.org/ donations/

A Memorial Mass will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 10:30a.m. at St. Anne’s Home, 300 Lake St, San Francisco, Ca 94118.