OBITUARY: Hazel Pearl (Gallion) Vansteenburg, Worth County, Iowa


                     Hazel Pearl Gallion Vansteenburg

[The Northwood Anchor online - March 12, 2002 - www.northwoodanchor.com]


Hazel Pearl Vansteenburg, 80, of Battle Lake, MN, formerly of Northwood and
Manly, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at her home in Battle Lake, MN.

Funeral services were Monday at the Bethel United Methodist Church in Manly
with Rev. Robert Cumings officiating.  Burial was in the Manly Cemetery.

Hazel Pearl Vansteenburg was born on May 4, 1921, the daughter of William and
Bertha (Cookman) Gallion.  She attended and received her education in the
Manly Public school system, graduating Valedictorian of class in 1939.  She
also attended and graduated from Hamilton Business College in Mason City,
graduating in the top 10 of her class.

She married Barton Vansteenburg of Jacobson, MN on Sept. 2, 1943.  After
their marriage together they farmed in and around the Manly area until
buying their farm south of Northwood, in 1956.  Hazel worked as an accountant
at various firms in the North Iowa area until moving to Wahpeton, ND, in 1974,
becoming head bookkeeper for Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative until her retirement
in 1988.

Hazel and Barton have enjoyed traveling to all 50 states and Europe.  They
have enjoyed their home on Silver Lake near Battle Lake, MN, and their winter
home in Bradenton, FL.  Hazel liked to read and crochet.  She made many
beautiful afghans, and also wrote stories and poetry when she was younger
and once won a prize for a poem she had written.  Hazel enjoyed visiting and
having her grandchildren and great-grandchildren visit.  She was a lifetime
member of the Bethel United Methodist Church in Manly, and attended the
Ottertail United Methodist Church where she was active in the United
Methodist Women's organization.  She enjoyed making crafts for the church
bazaar and other events.  She and Barton also enjoyed going to the Battle
Lake Senior Citizens Center.

Hazel is survived by her husband of 58 years, Barton Vansteenburg; one son,
Jeffrey Vansteenburg and his wife Heidi of Northwood; a daughter, Katha
Neese and her husband Michael of Breckenridge, MN, and a daughter, Raejean
Toledo and her husband Dan of Clovis, NM; nine grandchildren, Tracy and
Jennifer Huizel, Krista Huizel, Jaime, David and Kaia Neese, Hannah and
Jessica Vansteenburg, and Heather Bruner; two great-grandchildren, Megan
Huizel and Nichole Hobson; two sisters, Violet Vansteenburg and Edna Tietz
both of Manly; many nieces and nephews, as well as other relatives and
friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one infant son, her brother Roy
Gallion, and two sisters, Mildred Fread and Lucille Hoyt.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
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