Hazel Bundy

Hazel Marietta (Bennett) Bundy was born October 17, 1919 in Arlington, SD to Harry and Pearl Elizabeth (Jones) Bennett. She was baptized at the Church of Christ in Arlington, SD and a member of the Congregational Church in Garvin, MN. She worked at Douglas Air Craft in Chicago, IL during WWII. She moved to Sioux Falls, SD in 1943 and worked as a cook at the Sioux Falls Air Base and then moved to Spirit Lake, IA in 1946 and worked as a cook at The New Inn. Most of her life while working outside the home she was a cook or waitress.

She married Dean Bundy on March 25, 1959. They lived and farmed around Spirit Lake and Milford, IA until 1966, then moved to rural Balaton where they continued to farm. Hazel passed away peacefully with the loving care of the staff from Our House Hospice of Murray County in Slayton, Minnesota on December 3, 2012.

Survivors are Dean, her husband of 53 years; children, Pearl (Red) Somers of Appleton, MN, Roger (Martha) Terry of The Colony, TX, Larry (Linda) Webber of Spirit Lake, IA, Linda (Jim) Julien of Garvin, MN, Lola Webber-Bundy of Cottonwood, MN, David (Peggy) Bundy of Balaton, MN, and Jan (Pat Johnson) Bundy of Sioux Falls, SD; Jim (Joan) Mitchell of Garvin, MN who has been like one of the children; 19 Grandchildren, 32 Great Grandchildren, and 11 Great – Great Grandchildren; brother in-laws, Wilbur (Gwen) Bundy of Spirit Lake, IA; Elmer Bundy of Estherville, IA; sister-in-laws Alice Blum of Manila, IA and Rose (Don) Wheeler of Balaton, MN; many nieces and nephews..

Hazel (Mom) loved to travel, go on mystery trips and would always comment on how much beauty we have in our world. She loved the smell of a soft spring rain; her flowers in bloom in the summer; the fall colors with birds gathering and fields ready to harvest; in the winter cuddling up in a blanket reading her books. Her greatest rewards in life were her family whom she loved very much. She will be missed dearly and as God calls us home one by one the chain begins to link again, she will be holding hands and hugging our loved ones already in heaven and this will be our comfort.

She is preceded in death by her parents Harry and Pearl Bennett; brothers Russell, Vance & Stanley Bennett, sisters Audrey Bye and Betty Mattern; Grandsons – Russell Somers, James Johnson and Great-Grandson – Travis Franek.

SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR!