OBITUARY: Hazel L. Ball, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Dec. 4, 2001]


                           Hazel L. Ball
                           
Funeral services were held Saturday, December 1, 2001 at the Champion-Bucheit
Funeral Home, Osage, for Hazel L. Ball, age 90, of Osage. Rev. Jerry Newland
and the Rev. Karen Nichols Dungan officiated. Interment was in the Osage
Cemetery. Hazel died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 at her home.

Hazel Heller Ball was born Aug. 11, 1911 in Greene County near Jefferson,
IA. She was the daughter of John Francis "Frank" and Ida (Osborn) Heller.
She was a baptized member of the First Baptist Church in Osage and was a
faithful member until the time of her passing. Hazel attended Grant School,
rural Mitchell County for eight years, then Orchard High School for two
years. She was employed by the Mitchell County Hospital for 27 1/2 years.

On July 20, 1935 she was united in marriage to Arno L. Ball. To this union
three children were born, Donita Johnson (deceased), Merlyn Ball and Lodema
Cockrum. Arno passed away in Jan, 1966.

Hazel enjoyed sewing, many crafts, fishing, eating out with friends and most
of all her family.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Arno; three older
brothers, Ralph, Verl and Donald; a sister, Vava who died in infancy; her
daughter, Donita and son-in-law, Clyde Johnson.

Left to mourn her loss and cherish her memory are; her son, Merlyn Ball
and wife, Betty of Mesa, AZ; a daughter, Lodema Cockrum and her husband,
Jim of Nora Springs; five grandchildren, Diane (Ball) Wegner and her
husband, Lyle of Redfield, S.D. and their children, Taylor, Cole and
Carter; Duane Ball and his son, Sturgis of Brookings, SD, Kevin Cockrum
and his wife, Lynn of Schertz, TX and their daughters, Amber and Rebekah,
Karla (Cockrum) Lane and her sons, C.J. and Andrew of Mason City, Keith
Cockrum and his wife, Lisa of Osage and their son, Ross and Joe; many
nieces and nephew and good and trusted neighbors and friends.

She was a true steward of her many talents and will be sorely missed by
many. Hazel touched many hearts in her life and although they were broken
at this time, with God's healing hands those also will be healed.




Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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