11/09/2019 - Hazel Gertrude Musfelt

Funeral Services for Hazel Gertrude Musfelt will be Tuesday November 12, 2019, at 10:00 AM at the Grace Lutheran Church in Gordon. Burial will follow in the Gordon Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online at www.chamberlainchapel.com

Arrangements were by Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home.

Hazel Gertrude Musfelt was born April 8th, 1930, to Henry Horace Hathorn and Martha Edith Burge at Valentine, Ne, and passed away peacefully at her home on November 6, 2019 at age 89.

She lived in Irwin, Nebraska and spent much time playing with her siblings on or near the lake. Her father worked for the railroad and she would tell how she loved to ride the train to Valentine or Gordon.

She attended Gordon High School where she met and fell in love with James Eldon Musfelt. They married in 1947 and homesteaded on a 2000-acre ranch east of Gordon.  They were both quite industrious raising cattle, hogs, chickens and dairy cows. Hazel kept busy with a large garden, canning, caring for livestock, and housework. Together Eldon and Hazel raised four children-3 girls and 1 boy.

Hazel was an active member of the Lutheran Church in Gordon. She worked part time when her children were grown and was a blessing to many. Hazel was a good wife, a wonderful mother and grandmother! She was a sweet and generous person; touched many lives and will be greatly missed!

She was preceded in death by 3 brother 4 sisters; her husband Eldon and son Jim.

Hazel leaves behind daughters: Connie Lou Schwarting, Diana Lee Coats, and Beverly Irene Pierce. Hazel is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren.