Dorothy E. Hagen, the eldest of three children born to William and Rebecca Peterson, grew up in Pitman, New Jersey. In 1945, after World War II, Dorothy and her family sailed through the Panama Canal on the USS Saugus and arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii to join her father, a submarine
mechanic in Pearl Harbor.

Dorothy graduated from Roosevelt High School in Honolulu in 1948 and met Douglas Hagen on the very first day of their freshman English class at the University of Hawaii. Dorothy returned to New Jersey in 1950, but she and Douglas wrote letters to one another, until Douglas sent an
engagement ring in the mail. Dorothy said yes(!) and returned to Honolulu in 1953, where the two married that June. They soon moved to Kirksville, Missouri, where Douglas attended medical school and Dorothy worked in a laboratory to put Douglas through school. Over the
next 20 years, they had four children: Michael, Stephanie, David, and Michelle.

The family returned to Hawaii in 1973 and built a pole house in Honolulu two years later, featuring 82 stairs from the carport to the front door, which Dorothy climbed multiple times every day, for over 43 years, until she was 88 years old.

Douglas opened his own medical practice in Honolulu and Dorothy worked as his receptionist, accountant, financial advisor, and business partner for over thirty years, all while being a superhero wife and mother. Dorothy was the cook, cleaner, chauffeur (though she was always
late), and seamstress for prom dresses and recital costumes. She attended every single one of her children's band, chorale and theatre performances, was an active participant in her children's daily lives, and a devoted parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Honolulu.

Throughout her life in Hawaii, Dorothy loved watching the Friday night sailboat races at Magic Island, listening to live music (especially local barbershop quartet performances), reading mystery novels, and completing 1000+ piece puzzles. She was an adorable but ruthless card
shark who enjoyed playing bridge, gin rummy, and shanghai with friends and family whenever possible. Dorothy also loved Christmas (often keeping decorations up all year round), and flowers, especially orchids and proteas. While she did not particularly enjoy the beach, she
could be found holding her purse in the shade while her children – and later, her grandchildren – swam and (to her horror) occasionally boogie boarded. She was a self-admitted chocoholic and believed the secret to her long life was her daily "medicine" of at least nine Hershey's
Special Dark Kisses.

Dorothy traveled whenever she could, often visiting her eight grandchildren Sarah, Katie and Joseph in Virginia, Jessica, Anna, and Elizabeth in Georgia, and Christopher and Nicholas in Los Angeles. She supported Douglas through over a decade of significant medical problems, until
he passed in 2006. Dorothy was always fiercely independent and continued to live in their Honolulu home until 2019, when she moved to Virginia to be closer to her family.

Dorothy was an incredible woman who always put the needs of others before her own. She was brave, kind, determined and incredibly smart. She was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, who passed away on July 8 and is survived by her four
children, eight grandchildren and great-grandson.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg, Virginia, at 2:00pm on Monday, July 17. Later this year, Dorothy will return to Hawaii to be buried next to Douglas in a private ceremony