Beloved mother and grandmother Karla Hoagland, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2026, in Tecumseh, MI. She was born November 5, 1947 in Detroit, MI, to Dr. Thomas V. Hoagland and Aili M. Siltala.
Karla could be found sitting outside, enjoying nature with a cup of coffee while watching the birds fly by.
She had a wonderful sense of humor, enjoyed doing genealogy, and loved cross-stitching.
Karla is survived by her daughter, Meliisa Hoagland, two grandchildren Brandon and Emaliina, who miss her dearly.
Memorial services will be private.
— THE CROW —
Sonnet by John Clare
How peaceable it seems for lonely men
To see a crow fly in the thin blue sky
Over the woods and fields, o’er level fen.
It speaks of villages, or cottages nigh
Behind the neighbouring woods –
when March winds high
Tear off the branches of the huge old oak.
I love to see these chimney-sweeps sail by
And hear them o’er the gnarled forest croak,
Then sosh askew from the hid woodman’s stroke
That in the woods their daily labours ply.
I love the sooty crow, nor would provoke
Its March day exercise of croaking joy;
I love to see it sailing to and fro
While fields, and woods and waters spread below.