Hazel Mabel Larson

GARNER - Hazel M. Larson, 92, of Garner, formerly of Britt, died Friday (April 20, 2012) at her home, the Concord Care Center in Garner, that she lovingly referred to as "the most popular place in town." Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M., Monday, April 23rd at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with Rev. Brian Lund officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Britt. Visitation will be held from 3 to 5 P.M., Sunday at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St. in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church. Hazel Mabel Larson, the daughter of Henry and Charsty (Munson) Anderson, was born September 6, 1919 near Britt. She graduated from Britt High School in 1936 and later from Britt Junior College and the Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls. She taught school for several years in the rural schools in the Britt and Kanawha area. As a country school teacher she loved playing ball with her students. She married Morton Larson on December 14, 1946, making their home on a farm south of Crystal Lake. They raised three children there, and then moved to Forest City in 1971. Mort and Hazel loved to spend their winters ...[more]

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Texas, and she continued to do so for the next 25 years after Mort passed away in 1980. She was an avid golfer, walker, and exercise group leader during her winters in Texas and later at Zion Church. She spent her summers at their beloved cottage on West Lake Okoboji until 2009, when she moved to Concord Care Center in Garner after suffering a stroke. She was a straight talker and one never had to wonder what she meant to say. Hazel is survived by her three children, Mary (Rick) Etherington of Garner, Jack (Jan) Larson of New Ulm, MN and Becky (Tom) Rose of Garner; four grandchildren, Danny Rose of Des Moines, Jenny Rose of Louisville, KY, Katie Larson of New Ulm and Nick Larson of New Ulm; three sisters, Florence Carlson of Crosby, MN, Blanche (Verlyn) Friedow of Kanawha and Marlys Bergstrom of Minneapolis, MN; a sister-in-law, Bettie Anderson of Britt; and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers, Donald and Norman; and two sisters, Mildred Anderson and Charlotte Hunsley.