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- from "The Bedford Times-Press", 20 Jan 1983 (posted on findagrave.com)
Final Rites Held January 13 For Hazel Woods, 85
Funeral services for Hazel Dean Woods, 85, of Bedford, held January 13, in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were officiated by Rev. Carl Cummings. Miss Wood died January 10, 1983 in Bedford Manor. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. Hazel Dean Woods, daughter of Robert M. [orton] Woods and Lola M. [yrtle] Fox Woods, was born west of Bedford, Iowa November 22, 1897. With the exception of two years when the family lived in Bedford and three years in Colorado she has lived on the home farm west of Bedford. She attended the rural school and the Bedford High School. She engaged in the operation of the farm and cared for her mother and many other people received her unselfish care and attention in their own homes. Elda Woods Metzler, Hazel's sister, returned to Bedford to make her home with her following the death of her husband Claude Metzler and the sisters enjoyed the years together until Elda passed away April 12, 1980. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Elda; a nephew, Robert Metzler, and a niece, Joan Brahms. Left to cherish her memory are a brother Glenn Woods and his wife, Ruth, of Massena, Iowa; Don Brahms, a nephew by marriage and Clara Metzler, a niece by marriage, seven grand nieces and nephews; three great grand nephews; other relatives and many friends. Hazel was a long time member of the Bedford Baptist Church, a charter member of the D. O. C. Club of rural Bedford and for many years an active 4-H Leader. Her family and many friends will remember her as a kind and considerate loved one and she will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her.
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