STEPHAN C. HAGELIN 53 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2003 AT HIS HOME. ENTOMBMENT OF CREMAINS WILL BE HELD 11:00 AM FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 2003 AT THE MISSOURI STATE VETERANS CEMETERY, HIGGINSVILLE, MO. FAMILY SUGGESTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KANSAS CITY HOSPICE. STEPHAN WAS BORN IN DULUTH, MN. ON MAY 11, 1950 AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THIS AREA. HE HAD WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR MANY YEARS AND AS A LABORER FOR ARMCO STEEL UNTIL RETIRING IN THE LATE 1980�S. HE WAS AN AIR FORCE VETERAN OF THE VIET NAM WAR. STEPHAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY, LEES SUMMIT, MO. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS COMPANION OF 14 YEARS RUBY D. LINDSEY OF THE HOME. 2 SONS CHRIS HAGELIN OF RAYMORE, MO AND BRIAN HAGELIN OF GRANDVIEW, MO. 2 GRANDSONS LUCAS AND JONAH HAGELIN.