Hazel L. Arndt

June 20, 2015

Hazel L. Arndt, 92, of Mason City, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:30 Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Mason City. Officiating will be Rev. Muters. Visitation will be from 4 until 8:00 pm Tuesday at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd ST. SE, Mason City, Iowa and again one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Moose Lodge or the VFW Auxiliary. Condolences may be shared on the Fullertonfh.com web site. Hazel was born on January 4, 1923 in Osage, Minnesota the daughter of Charles and Maggie “Bowman” Harrison. She attended school in Hibbing, Minnesota. When she was four years old her mother died and she moved to Mason City to live with her sister. She met a man who her aunt had hired as a handyman and later married Delbert Arndt on January 16, 1939 at the Wesley United Methodist church in Mason City. To this union was born 8 children. She has been a lifelong resident of Mason City. She was employed in housekeeping with Mercy Hospital and later the Odd Fellows home. She was an excellent seamstress and made quilts, dolls, wedding and bridesmaid dresses for relatives and friends including her granddaughter. She tended her flower and vegetable gardens canning many of the fruits of her labors. In the summers the family would go to St. Germain and Rhinelander, Wisconsin and Decorah to camp and fish. Hazel was a very good fisherwoman and enjoyed going for the Walleye. Just to sit early in the morning and drink her coffee on the dock was a pure pleasure for her. Her favorite sports teams included the Minnesota Twins. For three years she stayed at Homestead assisted living and rarely missed the Friday lunches with 5 to 15 of her family members attending. In March of this year she moved to the Rockwell Care Center for better care of her health. She will be well remembered for her strong and feisty personality and had her funny times with other people. Hazel loved to go to Grandmothers club, card clubs, the VFW ladies auxiliary and the ladies of the Moose as a life time member. Hazel is survived by Shirley and husband Duane Ballhagen, Rockwell, Bonnie and husband William Dodge, Nora Springs, Sally and husband Joseph Herrera, Mason City, Suzanne and husband Bob Schissel, Rockwell, Delbert “Butch” and wife Cindy Arndt, Mason City, Carolyn and husband Calvin Weck, Gilbert, AZ; one sister Margie Funk, Mason City; 28 Grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, 8 Great Great Grandchildren and 2 Great Great Great Grandchildren. Her parents, husband Delbert in 2006, two daughters Joann (Curtis) Nelson and Sharon (Sonny) Dixon, one grandson Will Ballhagen, and one great granddaughter Makayla Jo Fecteau, siblings Edith, Vera, Truman, Thelma, Faye, Ruby, Everett, and Cecil preceded her in death. Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd St SE, Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-8676 www.Fullertonfh.com, Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhome