Dreier's mother dies

She died Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., the congressman's office announced. She was 81.

Dreier-Hagood was born in Kansas City. She was a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., class of 1950. She married H. Edward Dreier Jr. on Sept. 9, 1950. They had three children.

After Edward Dreier died in 1997, Dreier-Hagood became president of the Dreier Development Co. On Valentine's Day 2000, she married Thomas A. Hagood, her Rollins College classmate.

They couple split their time between Kansas City and Rancho Mirage until his death this past August.

"My mother was always full of life and accomplished in so many ways," said Dreier, R-San Dimas. "She was a concert pianist, a champion badminton player, a successful entrepreneur, and most important, a wonderful mother to my sisters and me, and so many others. She will be deeply missed by her church, her community, her friends, and most of all her family."

Dreier-Hagood was active in many civic and philanthropic organizations. In Kansas City, she was an active member of her church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Junior League, the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera Company of Kansas City, and the Nelson-Adkins Museum.

In Rancho Mirage, she was a member of the Thunderbird Country Club, The Club at Morningside, Friends of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Muses 100 of the McCallum Theater, and the Desert Museum.

Besides her son, she is survived by daughters Denise Dreier Despars of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Dana Dreier Lamont of Auroram Illinois; and two granddaughters, Leslie LaRue Lamont and Lisa Lee Lamont.