Hazel Chambers

A Life Remembered

Hazel Chambers

Born
February 22, 1920
Moorhead, Iowa

Died
May 26, 2005
Omaha, Nebraska

Funeral Services
St. John Lutheran Church
Dunlap, Iowa
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 10:00 am

Clergy Rev. Carla Ingebretsen

Musician Lauri Boysen

Vocalist Mary Bro
Selection "Amazing Grace"

Congregational Hymns
#734 "Softly and Tenderly" #699
"Blessed Assurance" #770 "Borning Cry"
#721 "Go My Children"

Pallbearers
Kevin Baeth, David Baeth
Britton Chambers, Chad Chambers
Jason Chambers,Andy Swenson,Cory Swenson

Final Resting Place
Soldier Lutheran Country Church Cemetery
Soldier, Iowa

Hazel Louise (Heistand) Chambers was born February 22, 1920, to George and Louise (Lovell) Heistand in Moorhead, Iowa. She attended Lovell Country School. On February 5, 1940, she married Everett Earl Chambers in Logan, Iowa. The couple farmed near Woodbine for a couple of years and then farmed near Soldier for 40 plus years. Earl died in 1986, and Hazel moved to Dunlap in 1989.
Hazel was baptized at the Soldier Lutheran Church, and she was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Dunlap. She was president of Ladies Aid and she taught Sunday school. Hazel was also the treasurer of the Senior Center. In her spare time she loved to dance, crochet and visit with family and friends. Hazel loved to garden and the family marveled at her "green thumb."
Hazel died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska attaining the age of 85 years, three months, and four days.
Hazel was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Earl; son, Calvin Chambers; and five brothers, Leonard "Hap," Lawrence, Arnold, Robert, and Cloyce Heistand. She is survived by her four children, Ken Chambers and his wife Candy of Chicago, Illinois, Jan and her husband Ron Baeth of West Des Moines, Iowa, Craig Chambers and his wife Kathy of Soldier, Iowa, Karen and her husband Rev. Craig Swenson of Minnock, Illinois; daughter-in-law, Mary Chambers of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 11 grandchildren seven great grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Avis of Woodbine, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.