OBITUARY: Hazel R. Sedlacek Best, Mitchell, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Mar. 27, 2002]


                           Hazel R. Best

Hazel R. Best, 94, of Mason City passed away Saturday March 23, 2002 at the
Good Shepherd Health Center of Mason City, IA.  Her memorial services were
held at 10:30 am Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at the Wayside Chapel of the First
United Methodist Church in Mason City.  Inurnment was at the Osage Cemetery
in Osage. Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church of
Mason City in her name.  The Rev. Jeff Dahlin of the First United Methodist
Church officiated the services. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory was
in charge of arrangements.

Hazel R. Best was born July 11, 1907, in Forbes, North Dakota, the daughter
of Joe and Caroline (Kraus) Sedlacek.  At age one the family moved to St.
Ansgar, where Hazel was baptized and confirmed at the St. Ansgar Methodist
Church.  She graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1925.  After
graduation she helped with the family business and did correspondence
work with the Gates Business School in Waterloo.

Hazel was married to Claude A. Best on October 2, 1932, in Albert Lea,
Minnesota.  The couple lived in St. Ansgar for five years, Osage a couple
of years and then moved to Mason City in 1941.  Claude worked as a carpet,
tile, and formica layer while Hazel served as his secretary and sold
Tupperware.  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Mason City and a former member of its Ladies Aid as well as Mason City 
Woman's Club.  Hazel was a lifelong lover of music, especially band music,
and attended all 60 North Iowa Band Festival Parades.

Surviving family members include sons:  Clarence A. Best of Madison,
Wisconsin, Jerold A. Best and wife Judy of Iowa City, Iowa; grandsons
Bradley, Brandon, Blair, and Terry; granddaughters Denise and Brenda; five
great-grandchildren, and a cousin in California.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, Claude, and a sister,
Mabel.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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