Hazel Irene Wright
1913 - 2011 (97 years)
Generation: 1
1. Hazel Irene Wright was born on 15 Aug 1913 in Furnas County, Nebraska; died on 17 May 2011 in Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska. Notes:
Hazel Irene (Wright) Kolves Tull, 97 years of age, of Holdrege, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Holdrege Memorial Homes. Hazel was born August 15, 1913 on the family farm south of Beaver City in Furnas County, Nebraska, the third of five children of James William and Melissa Mae (Harding) Wright.
At the age of five years, she contracted a severe eye infection and caused her to miss a lot of school. She attended the Nedmore School in rural Furnas County, south of Beaver City. During this time, Hazel enjoyed working with her father on the farm.
On September 19, 1931 she was united in marriage to Lawrence F. Kolves in Norton, Kansas. They lived in the Beaver City vicinity for a few years before moving to a farm north of Stamford and then into town in 1946. To this union four children were born: Barbara June, Sharon Kaye, Lawrence Lee and Katherine Mae.
On October 12, 1967 her husband, Lawrence better known to everyone by Bud, suffered death from an accident at his place of business in Stamford. She continued to operate the CO-OP Station for a few months and then sold the business and moved to Holdrege. She was employed by the Brewster Hospital for several years as a nurses aide and then the Phelps Memorial Health Center as a respiratory therapist assistant until her retirement in 1983.
On November 6, 1976 she was united in marriage to Leo C. Tull and they made their home in Holdrege. On July 16, 1997, Leo passed away. Hazel began to make her home at the Chrisoma West Independent Living in February, 2000 when her eye sight began to fail. She then moved into assisted living at Chrisoma West in 2001 and to Holdrege Memorial Homes in November 2007.
Hazel had a special place in her heart for children. She and her sister, Ruby started cooking at a Rec. Center in Stamford for the school children before the hot lunch program was put in the school. In later years the school then built on an addition and she was hired as the head cook.
Hazel was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Missionary Society and Ladies Aid in Stamford. She was a long time member of the Triple P Club in Stamford even after moving to Holdrege.
When her eye sight permitted, she loved to make quilts, afghans and do embroidery work. She also made beautiful ceramics pieces. She made the children and grandchildren each an embroidered quilt and crocheted afghan.
Besides her two husbands and her parents, she was preceded in death by: children: Lawrence Lee in infancy and Katherine Mae at the age of three; son-in-law, Harold Beck; sisters: Nellie Weaver and her husband, Gail, Ruby Brand and her husband, Carl; one brother, James Wright and his wife, Doris; grandsons: Keith and Kent Beck; sisters-in-law: Henrietta Woodruff and her husband, Sidney, Orena Woodruff and her husband, Stanley; and brothers-in-law: Arthur Kolves and his wife, Lola and Fred Kolves and his wife, Mildred.
Hazel is survived by: daughters: Barbara Beck of Holdrege and Sharon Stevens and her husband, Paul of Orleans, Nebraska; granddaughters: Jodie Witt and her husband, Marvin of Mead, Colorado, Kandis Anderson and her husband, Clark of Las Vegas, Nevada, Holly Abrahamson of Orleans; grandsons: Kurt Beck and his wife, Wendy of Lincoln, Nebraska, Andrew Stevens and his wife, Heidi of Elko, Nevada; great-grandchildren: Amber Buzzard and her husband, Casey, Seth Martin, Maddelynn Anderson, Paige and Ali Abrahamson, Paislee Stevens, Austen, Hanna and Kylie Beck; sister, Wilma Woodruff and her husband, Gayle of Kearney, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Hazel Mackprang and her husband, Leland of Palm Desert, California; and a host of relatives and friends.
Published in the Kearney Hub on 5/18/2011
Name:
daughter of James William Wright and Melissa Mae Harding
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70009459/hazel-irene-kolves_tullHazel married Lawrence F. Kolves on 19 Sep 1931. Lawrence was born on 26 Jun 1907 in Nebraska; died on 12 Oct 1967; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Hazel married Leo C. Tull on 2 Nov 1975. Leo (son of Otto Everett Tull and Emma Louise Vandruff) was born on 4 Aug 1915 in Gosper County, Nebraska; died on 16 Jul 1997 in Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska; was buried in Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]