Hazel B. Moore

Hazel B. Moore, 88, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Calvin Community.

Hazel was born November 5, 1923, in Dallas, Iowa. She graduated from Attica High School. Hazel was married by her father, the Justice of the Peace of Attica, to Robert Moore on July 4, 1942, in the family’s front yard. She retired from the State of Iowa on her birthday in 1985 after 41 years of service as the head of the Licensing Department. Hazel will be remembered as the loving, caring, and warm matriarch of her family. She was a lady who knew how to get things done and could use her wonderful sense of humor to accomplish anything.

Hazel is survived by her siblings, Carolyn Hoffman, Larry Ethell, Leona Steele, Ray Ethell, and Harold Ethell; sister-in-law, Harriet Ethell; brother-in-law, Dean C. Smith; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Moore; parents, George and Matilda Ethell; siblings, George W. Ethell, Jr., Mae Randall, Helen Conn, Bonnie Smith, and Harry Ethell; and her step-daughter, Linda Lee Bean.

The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, July 27, 2012, at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 SW 9th Street. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Calvin Community in the Health Center.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa in loving memory of Hazel.

Online condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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