Obit of Casteel, Hazel Lee (c234) - Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <genephillips@usa.net>  16 Jun 2004
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Bakersfield Californian

Hazel Lee Casteel

Services: Mon., Dec. 17, 11 a.m. Viewing and visitation to begin Sunday, 
December 16, 2001, at 1:00 p.m. with an hour of meditation to be held from 
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Ruckers Mortuary for Hazel Lee 
Casteel, 80, who passed away December 11, 2001. Funeral services will be 
held Monday, December 17, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Temple Church of 
God In Christ, 1028 O Street. Dr. E.V. McGee will be officiating with 
interment to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hazel Lee Casteel was born 
in Hainesville, Louisiana. The family moved to Boswell, Oklahoma where she 
received her elementary education. Later she met and married Cornell 
Felton Casteel, Sr. of Idabel, Oklahoma. Eight children were born to this 
union. Hazel was a born again Christian. She was a past member of Mt. Zion 
Missionary Baptist Church, Heavenly Gate Church of God In Christ, and 
Tinity Temple Church of God In Christ. At the time of her illness she was 
a member of Lily of the Valley Church of God In Christ. She was committed 
to her Christian duties. As a licensed Missionary, she participated in 
outreach programs in jails and the Bakersfield Rescue Mission. Mother 
Casteel was an ardent worker in the church: serving on the Mothers Board; 
as a teacher in the Sunday School Department; the Sunshine Band (where she 
was lovingly known as Big Sister Sunshine; and serving as the President of 
the California Valley Executive Hospitality Board. She loved the work of 
God  faithfully leading the Prayer Board, and serving on the Pastors Aid 
Board until her health failed. Preceding her in death were her father and 
mother Willie Stinson, Sr. and Pearl Chancy; sisters, Dorothy Turner, 
Helen Stinson and Arzella Sirls; brother, Willie Stinson, Jr.; and her 
son, Robert Casteel. She leaves to mourn her homegoing Cornell Casteel, 
Sr., her husband of 62 years; her children, Raheem Casteel, Jan Casteel-
Fleury and husband Darrell, Kenneth Casteel, Cornell Casteel, Jr., Darryl 
Casteel and wife Nantha all of Bakersfield, CA, Brenda Joyce Casteel-Bell 
and husband Raymond of Monrovia, CA, and Larry Casteel of Hawaii; a 
sister, Imola York and husband Earnest of Oakland, CA; fifteen 
grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; a 
host of nieces, nephews and friends. The Family wishes to extend our 
heartfelt thanks to her caregivers for over 13 years of service at the 
California Care Nursing Facility, with a special thanks to Donna Jackson, 
who gave her extra loving care.                    
Ruckers Mortuary          Family Owned and Operated 
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