Violet Hazen

Violet Mae Hazen, the oldest of three children of Amadore Minor Yount and Anna Marie (Finkbeiner) Yount, was born February 16, 1918 at her grandmother's home in Graham, Missouri. Violet and her mother soon returned to their home in the sand hills near Mullen, Nebraska. Violet was raised on the ranch that her father had homesteaded. She attended school and graduated from Mullen High School in 1936. The next two years Violet taught in country schools near Mullen.
Violet and Nathan Wallace Hazen of Brownlee, Nebraska were married at Broken Bow, Nebraska on August 12, 1937. They made their first home on a ranch north of Mullen and Violet worked as a ranch wife. Their marriage was blessed with a daughter, Linda.
In 1945, Violet and Nathan moved to Glenwood, Iowa where they had purchased the Dean Hotel. Violet and Nathan owned and operated the Hotel until 1974. They then retired and moved to a home on East Florence in Glenwood.
Violet was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and two Glenwood bridge clubs. She enjoyed being with her family, crocheting and sewing.
Violet and Nathan had been married for 50 years at the time of Nathan's death on February 19, 1989. Violet continued to live in Glenwood.
Violet died at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska on August 20, 2003. She had attained the age of 85 years, 6 months, and 4 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Nathan; sister Elsie Waggoner and brother Amadore Yount, Jr.
Violet is survived by her daughter Linda Cummings and her husband Edward of Omaha; grandsons Brian Ward and his wife Aimee and their two sons Nathan and Maxwell, and Jeffery Ward and his wife Lisa and their daughter Katie all of Omaha, Nebraska; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.