Funeral service on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2 pm at the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Rev Gordon Epps will officiate. Burial will be in the Del Norte Cemetery, Drummond, OK. Hazel, age 89, passed away on January 26th, 2012, leaving behind a legacy of love, strength and service to her community.
Hazel was born November 3, 1922 in the community of Barr, OK to Guy and Edith Long Bartlett, and after attending grade school in Barr, she graduated from Drummond High School. Hazel then went on to pursue her higher education at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha and the University of Oklahoma.
She married Ira Ott on December 24, 1942 in Barr, OK; the couple was blessed with three children: Cheryl Lynn, Max Wayne, and Sheri Kay.
While Ira served in the South Pacific during WWII, Hazel lived in Tulsa, OK, working first at a photo lab and then for Douglass Aircraft to support the war effort. After the war, Ira and Hazel began farming and raising livestock in the area south of Drummond and north of Ames, OK.
Hazel was an active member of the Puritan Congregational United Church in Drummond, where she served as a Sunday school teacher for over 30 years. Hazel took pleasure in chronicling the milestones of loved ones by making scrapbooks and photo albums, growing beautiful flowers, playing cards with dear friends and neighbors, fishing in South Texas, stamp collecting and spending time with her cherished family.
Hazel is survived by daughters Cheryl Lovejoy and husband Steve of Azle, TX, Sheri Rogers and husband Bill of Norman, OK; son Max Ott and wife Vicki of Cherokee, OK; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband Ira Ott and her three brothers, Paul, Howard, and Mack Bartlett and one infant sister, Gertie Sue Bartlett.
Memorials may be made to the Puritan Congregational United Church with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home as custodian of the funds. Condolences may be emailed to the family at ladusauevans@suddenlinkmail.com