JAMES FREDRICK HAZEL

James Fredrick Hazel, 79, Kansas City, MO passed away Friday, October
6, 2000, at St. Joseph Health Center. Funeral services will be 3
p.m. Tuesday, October 10, at Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel, I-435 at
Holmes Rd.; burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8
p.m. Monday, October 9, at the chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to Community Christian Church, Kansas City,
MO.

Mr. Hazel was born in Elmdale, KS, the youngest of seven children of
Herman A. and Mamie Gertrude Harris Hazel. After grade school, the
family moved to Sedalia, MO, where James graduated from Smith Cotton
High School. After serving in the Navy in WWII, Mr. Hazel located to
Kansas City, where he was employed by International Harvester for 28
years and 12 years at RMF in Kansas City, MO. During this time, he
served our country in the Korean War. In 1947, he married Maxine
Decker. Mr. Hazel was a member of the Community Christian Church for
47 years, where he served as a deacon and elder. Mr. Hazel was a
member of the Elks Club Lodge 26. He served as a Neighborhood
Commissioner for the Boy Scouts for 12 years and was inducted into the
Tribe of Mic-O-Say, an honorary organization for outstanding
leadership and model for Boy Scouts. Upon retiring, Mr. Hazel did
volunteer community service for Community Christian Church. Mr. Hazel
was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine; two brothers, Herman and
Marvin; and two sisters, Vivian Harmes and Winona Hazel. He is
survived by his brother, George of Scottsdale, AZ and sister, Mary
Bivens of Sedalia, MO; two children, Cynthia Kay Besser of Kansas
City, MO and James Russell Hazel of Kansas City, MO; and five
grandchildren, Brian, Jason, Jennifer, Kimberly, and
Sean. (Arrangements: Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel (816) 942-2004)

Kansas City Star, The (MO)
Date: October 8, 2000
Edition: METROPOLITAN
Page: B6