GLASSEL, Hazel Marie (Harmon) 1920-2002

GLASSEL, HARMON, PARSONS, CHRISTENSEN, TWEEDT, BRIDEN, BOLTON, KURT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/29/2013 at 01:44:36

Hazel Marie (Harmon) Glassel was born August 18, 1920 in La Porte City, Iowa, the daughter of Chester Allen and Muriel Daisy (Parsons) Harmon.

She married Louvon T. “Louie” Glassel on July 25, 1938 in Waterloo, Iowa. Hazel worked for John Deere & Company during WW II, operated the Day Old Bakery in Cedar Falls and was an Assistant Administrator at the Cedar Falls Western Home for over 20 years, retiring in 1979. She and Louie retired to Mission, Texas in December of 1979. There Hazel helped form the Valley Doll Club and belonged to the Valley Quilt Club. Louie preceded her in death on June 20, 1995.

Hazel had a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and died Friday, November 29, 2002, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon, Iowa, at 82 years of age.

She is survived by two daughters, Sharon Ann (Roger) Christensen of Lansing, Iowa and Carolyn Rae (Clare) Tweedt of Ames, Iowa; a son, Allen Lee (Jackie) Glassel of Waterloo; four grandchildren and a step-grandson; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Allen (Helene) Harmon of Lindstrom, Minnesota and three sisters: Helen (Ralph) Briden of Phoenix, Arizona, Neoma Bolton of Shell Rock, Iowa and Sally Kurt of Waterloo.

Hazel was preceded in death by her husband and parents, a son, Timothy Glassel and a grandson.

Funeral services were 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls.

A memorial fund will be established.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]