Smokejumper Obituary: Hagemeier, James L. "Jim" (Missoula 1957)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Jim died April 23, 2021, in Missoula, Montana. He was born November 26, 1937, in Burlington, Iowa. Jim graduated from Iowa State with a degree in landscape architecture and was hired by the Forest Service. He lived and worked in Colorado, learned to ski and used his architecture skills to develop a ski area. Jim survived an avalanche at Breckenridge that was later written up in "Reader's Digest." He was promoted in the Forest Service and returned to Missoula in 1986 with a position of regional director of planning. Jim retired in 1994 after a 35-year career and enjoyed hunting, skiing and biking in Montana and Arizona. He jumped at Missoula during the 1957-58 seasons.

Identifier

Hagemeier_James-L-Jim_Missoula_1957

Publication Date

April 2021

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Hagemeier, James L. "Jim" (Missoula 1957)" (2021). Smokejumper Obituaries. 189.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/189