Hazel was born in a house next door to the Methodist parsonage in Azusa. Her father, who she called Papa, was a hired man on orange ranches. He died in 1907 when Hazel, the oldest of three girls, was only nine years old. Her mother used the insurance money to have a little cottage built on ten acres of land that they had bought in Covina. She walked to school in lower Azusa. She loved school and wanted dearly to become a school teacher. She started in normal school, but was crushed when the teacher told them that due to a lack of children resulting from the war, teachers weren't needed. She married Ted Roberts in 1917 in Myrtle Point, Oregon, where Ted was working on a dairy ranch. They purchased 4 1/2 acres of land from Hazel's mother and lived and operated a small dairy farm next to her in Covina. Although they never had children, Hazel was "aunt" to all the children her life touched. She helped care for her deceased sister Ada's children on occasion after Ada died in 1933. She loved working with children in schools and church, teaching them about nature and God's creations. She loved Japanese people and founded the Cherry Blossom Girl Reserves. She and Ted lived many years in Carlsbad, California, sharing their home with her aged mother, Clara, and, later, her sister, Myrtle. They loved to share their home-grown fruit and vegetables and children loved to visit "Rabbitville" in the "South 40." After Ted's death, Hazel's health declined. She sold her place in Carlsbad and moved to a convalescent home in La Verne where she died.
Hazel was born in a house next door to the Methodist parsonage in Azusa. Her father, who she called Papa, was a hired man on orange ranches. He died in 1907 when Hazel, the oldest of three girls, was only nine years old. Her mother used the insurance money to have a little cottage built on ten acres of land that they had bought in Covina. She walked to school in lower Azusa. She loved school and wanted dearly to become a school teacher. She started in normal school, but was crushed when the teacher told them that due to a lack of children resulting from the war, teachers weren't needed. She married Ted Roberts in 1917 in Myrtle Point, Oregon, where Ted was working on a dairy ranch. They purchased 4 1/2 acres of land from Hazel's mother and lived and operated a small dairy farm next to her in Covina. Although they never had children, Hazel was "aunt" to all the children her life touched. She helped care for her deceased sister Ada's children on occasion after Ada died in 1933. She loved working with children in schools and church, teaching them about nature and God's creations. She loved Japanese people and founded the Cherry Blossom Girl Reserves. She and Ted lived many years in Carlsbad, California, sharing their home with her aged mother, Clara, and, later, her sister, Myrtle. They loved to share their home-grown fruit and vegetables and children loved to visit "Rabbitville" in the "South 40." After Ted's death, Hazel's health declined. She sold her place in Carlsbad and moved to a convalescent home in La Verne where she died.
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