Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Hazel Viola Sells

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The Hominy News - Progress
P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035
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::A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery--Hominy OK 
The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 34, No. 11
March 13, 2002
Page 5

Hazel Viola Sells

Hazel Viola Sells passed away on March 5, 2002 in Bartlesville.  She was 
72 years old.  Hazel was born in Wildhorse, OK on Oct. 1, 1929 to Laura 
Jane Wilkie and John Wesley Maner.

Hazel was raised in Hutchinson, KS.  She graduated from Hutchinson High 
School in 1943.  She married Bill H. Sells on Sept. 28, 1948.  Bill worked 
in the oilfield industry and his work moved them to Wyoming where they 
started their family.  In 1970 they moved back to Oklahoma where Hazel 
worked as a Nurse Aide for Hominy Nursing Home for 25 years until she 
retired, she also worked at the Cleveland Area Hospital.  Bill passed away 
in 1900 and she moved to the heritage Villa nursing Center in Bartlesville.  
She was active in the First Christian Church; she had been a member since 
1970.  She was active in the community.  She was also a Helping Hands 
Caretaker companion.  In her spare time she enjoyed arts and crafts, and 
cooking.

Hazel leaves behind a son Billy Sells of Bartlesville, a daughter Linda 
Hensley and husband Larry of Hominy, a son Stephen Sells and wife Debbie 
of Wichita falls, TX, three grandson Joseph and wife Cassie Hensley, Justin 
Hensley, Stephen A. Sells, and a granddaughter Cryshalynn and husband Tim 
Howell, one great-grandson Cody Howell.

Hazel was preceded in death by her parents Laura and John Maner, her 
husband Bill H. Sells, a son Virgil Maner, a son Gary Sells, a sister Ruth 
Maner, a brother Berl Maner, and a sister Carrie Hamlin.

Services for Hazel Sells were Sat. March 9, 2002 at the First Christian 
Church in Hominy with Rev. Phil Snider officiating.  Serving as Pallbearers 
were Joseph Hensley, Justin Hensley, Stehen A. Sells, Tim Howell, Brian 
VanNorman and Ray Bray.  Internment were held at A. J. Powell Memorial 
Cemetery.  The family entrusted Powell Funeral Home with service 
arrangements.

Note:  The obituary also appears in the following:
The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 34, No. 12
March 20, 2002
Page 5
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