Hazel Maxine Brouwer was the daughter of Andrew and Antoinette Van Helten Brouwer. She attended country school at Pleasant #7, Montezuma Elementary and graduated from Montezuma High School in 1942. Hazel was employed as a bookkeeper at the Montezuma Light Plant but left to care for her ill mother.
She was married to Charles Howard Hamilton on September 5, 1945. They were blessed with four children; Dennis, Rodney, Joyce and Sara.
In the early years of their marriage they farmed in the Barnes City area. Hazel worked at the school and various other jobs.
Always being involved in their church and lay missionary work when they retired in 1989, they moved to Mission, Texas and helped with a Missionary Help Ministry. They returned to Iowa in 2006 making their home in Lynnville to be closer to family. Hazel has lived in The Cottages in Pella since 2016.
Hazel was a caring and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent cook and seamstress. All of her family benefited from her lovingly crocheted afghans and other handcrafted items.
Hazel Maxine Brouwer was the daughter of Andrew and Antoinette Van Helten Brouwer. She attended country school at Pleasant #7, Montezuma Elementary and graduated from Montezuma High School in 1942. Hazel was employed as a bookkeeper at the Montezuma Light Plant but left to care for her ill mother.
She was married to Charles Howard Hamilton on September 5, 1945. They were blessed with four children; Dennis, Rodney, Joyce and Sara.
In the early years of their marriage they farmed in the Barnes City area. Hazel worked at the school and various other jobs.
Always being involved in their church and lay missionary work when they retired in 1989, they moved to Mission, Texas and helped with a Missionary Help Ministry. They returned to Iowa in 2006 making their home in Lynnville to be closer to family. Hazel has lived in The Cottages in Pella since 2016.
Hazel was a caring and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent cook and seamstress. All of her family benefited from her lovingly crocheted afghans and other handcrafted items.
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