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Hazel Dean Woods

Female 1897 - 1983  (85 years)


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  • Name Hazel Dean Woods 
    Birth 22 Nov 1897  Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Female 
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Benton, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 2. born Nov 1897 in IA, living with parents
    Census 30 Apr 1910  Pueblo, Pueblo, CO Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 12, born IA, living with mother
    Census 7 Jan 1920  Benton, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 22, born IA, living with mother
    Death 10 Jan 1983  Bedford, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I18382  Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

    Father AncestorsRobert Morton Woods,   b. 22 Apr 1865, Brewersville, Jennings, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1901, Bedford, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Mother Lola Myrtle Fox,   b. 30 Jun 1868, Cedar, Mahaska, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1952, Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F7113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.