Chris’s path in life started in Akron, OH, on August 30, 1990. He continued his life’s journey in Fenton, MO, Houma, LA, Hays, Hutchinson, Lawrence, and Kansas City. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2009.
Chris was an adventurous, musically talented, intelligent, determined, witty young man with a charming smile. He enjoyed riding his bicycle, hiking, collecting foreign coins, playing the guitar, exploring, and reading history.
Chris loved animals and found solace in the company of pets, as they found comfort in his gentle spirit. Now, they look for him, mystified by his absence.
His last journey in this life was amid the trees and nature that he loved to experience. On April 22, 2024, we said goodbye to our Chris. He is loved dearly and will be forever loved and deeply missed by his mother, Tina Nipper-Karnowski, and husband, Pete of Lawrence; his father, Michael Hagley and wife, Stacey of Hutchinson; brother Steven Hagley of Seattle; sister Layni Hagley of Hutchinson; many aunts, uncles, and cousins in Texas, Iowa, Georgia, Arkansas, and Nebraska, and friends and work associates in Hays, Lawrence, Hutchinson, and Kansas City. He joins his cherished grandparents, Norman and Janet Hagley, Fletcher and Shirley Nipper, Aunt Janette Nipper, Uncle Mark Hagley, and friends who preceded him in that last chapter of life.
If you wish, please donate to the animal shelter or wildlife area of your choice in lieu of flowers.
Memorial services will be June 2, 2024 at 11am at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center in Lawrence, Kansas.