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Hazel O. (Woods) Matson

Posted 2008-07-04 by Sharon
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
June 16, 1961

Rites Conducted for Hazel Matson

Wickenburg lost a member of one of its pioneer families with the death last Saturday of Mrs. Hazel Matson. Mrs. Matson, died in Community Hospital at 11:20 that morning after a long illness.

Mrs. Matson's father, the late I. B. Woods, came to Wickenburg from Minnesota before the turn of the century. He built the house in which the Matsons reside at 161 Coconino Street in 1897. He was a deputy marshal, a cement contractor and freight hauler.

Mrs. Matson's mother died while she was a young child and she was raised by an aunt in Minnesota, her birthplace.

It was not until 1910 that Mrs. Matson came to Wickenburg to join her father. She resided here until 1918 when she moed to Oregon. She returned to Wickenburg in 1930.

Mrs. Matson was one of the founders of the Wickenburg Public Library, campaigned successfully with others for a municipal swimming pool and a pedestrian walk across Sols Wash on Highway 89 and was active in many other civic enterprises. She was a past matron of Eastern Star; a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, PTA, Civil Defense and the Phoenix Philatelic Association.

Funeral services were held at 4 p. m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James Wilson pastor officiating. Mrs Reuben Stifel sang "The End Of A Perfect Day" with Mrs. Randolph Patterson at the organ.

Gravesides rites in Wickenburg Cemetery were conducted by members of the Order of Eastern Star. Pallbearers were Carl Shride, Bill Bass, Roy Coxwell, Newt Aldous, John Burden and Harry Cooke, Jr.
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
June 23, 1961

Husband And Son Are Survivors Of Mrs. Hazel Matson

Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Matson were held in the First Presbyterian Church June 13 with the Rev. James Wilson, pastor, officiating. Members of the Eastern Star, organization of which Mrs. Matson was a past matron, conducted graveside rites in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mrs. Matson died in the Community Hospital June 10.

In reporting Mrs. Matson's death in last week's issue of The SUN, the writer unintentionally failed to state that Mrs. Matson was survived by her husband, Gust Matson, and a son, Garth Mickelson. Mr. Matson has operated his own plumbing business here since 1930.



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