EATON, IN
HAZEL L. CHAPPELL, 78, passed away, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Ball Memorial Hospital.
The daughter of Elijah and Laura (Howard) Brock, she was born May 10, 1931 in Bell County, Kentucky. Hazel married Lonnie Chappell on January 6, 1948 in Leslie County, Kentucky.
A mother and homemaker, Hazel lived in Michigan and retired from Supples Green House in 1993, moving to the Eaton area in 1994. She loved to read, sew, watch T.V. She was also a gardener of flowers and known to be a great storyteller.
Surviving are her children, Jerry Chappell (wife, Debbie), Glenda White (husband, Dan), Dorcas Dierich (husband, Brian), Shirley Gee, and Frances Swick, one sister, Virginia Axline, grandchildren: Laura, Kenny, Amanda, Jessica, Corinna, Ciara, Brandon, and Nathan, 8 great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Elijah and Laura, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lonnie Chappell, grandson, Jimmy Nowitzke, brothers: Norimus Brock, Denver Brock, and Clyde Brock, a sister, Shirley Brock, and a son-in-law, Joe Swick.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm., Monday, December 14, 2009 in the Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200 S. Hartford St., Eaton, with Rev. Karen Lang presiding. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery, Eaton.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 1:00 to 4:00 pm., Sunday, December 13, and also one hour prior to services Monday.
Online condolences may be made at www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
