Hazel, George 1848-1925

HAZEL, HOFFMANN

Posted By: Plymouth County Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/29/2003 at 20:33:19

LeMars Sentinel
Plymouth County, IA
March 1925

DEATH CLAIMS GEORGE HAZEL
DECEASED SETTLED IN MARION TOWNSHIP, THIS COUNTY, FIFTY YEARS AGO

George Hazel, a resident of Plymouth county for the past fifty years, died at his home in this city about ten o'clock Friday night. Death was due to asthma and heart failure. Mr. Hazel had been in poor health for some time, but death came unexpectedly as his condition was not regarded as dangerous.

George Hazel was a native of Bohemia, Europe, where he was born on December 4, 1848, and grew to young manhood. In 1867 he came to America and was an early comer in the west, working for some years at Prairie du Chien, Wis., and McGregor, Iowa. In 1875 he came to Plymouth county and bought land in Marion township where he farmed for a number of years until he came to Le Mars and engaged in the grocery business.

Mr. Hazel was united in marriage May 1, 1878, to Miss Margaret Hoffmann, the wedding taking place in Le Mars. He leaves to mourn his death, his wife, four daughters and three sons, who are Nick Hazel, Le Mars; Mrs. Clifford Winslow, Spokane, Wash; Mrs. Elizabeth Weineck, (two illegible lines) Hazel, of Le Mars; Mrs. Kerney, of Spokane, Wash.

The funeral will be held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday and interment made in St. Joseph's cemetery.

Mr. Hazel was well known, especially among the older settlers. He was a good citizen and neighbor and had many friends although of a quiet and reserved disposition. He was one of the many pioneers, who settled in this part of Iowa, when it was a raw prairie, went through the hardships incidental to the early times, and helped to build up a part of the country now known as a garden spot for productiveness and agricultural pursuits.