Mary Temple (Favour) Hazeltine |
| Posted 2008-07-25 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, February, 20, 2005 Mary Favour Hazeltine, 94, died on Feb. 17, 2005, at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Born Nov. 9, 1910, in Spuyten Dyvil, N.Y., Mary Temple Favour moved with her family to Prescott, five years after the territory became a state. Her father, Alpheus H. Favour, an attorney, later became a State Senator, an Arizona member of the Colorado River Commission and an author. A Prescott High School graduate, she received her BA degree from Mt. Holyoke College in 1932. Later that same year, she married Sherman Hazeltine, a member of a pioneer family which was involved in the early days and later as chief executive of the Bank of Arizona. In Prescott, Mrs. Hazeltine was a founding member of the AAUW chapter, served on the library board and was active in the support of Sharlot Hall Museum and other community endeavors. In 1957, the Hazeltines moved to Phoenix, where Mr. Hazeltine became chairman of the board of First National Bank of Arizona (now Wells Fargo Bank), serving until his retirement in 1977. Both she and her husband were active in numerous community and philanthropic projects for more than 30 years during dynamic years of growth and development in the city and the state. Her services included chairmanship of the board of the Arizona State Children's Home and membership on the St. Luke's Board of Visitors and the Phoenix Art Museum Costume Institute, among many others. She was noted for her grace, wit and elegance and for her love of art, music and literature. The lovely Mary Hazeltine inspired others by example and by gentle encouragement. Preceded in death by her husband in 1992, and by her sister, she is survived by her daughters, Favour Slater and Cynthia Hazeltine of Phoenix; her granddaughters, Sarah Slater of Maryland and Catherine (Mark) Heslep of Washington, D.C.; brothers, Alpheus L. Favour and John M. Favour of Prescott; several nieces and nephews; and by dear, caring friends at Westminster Village in Scottsdale, Ariz. Private burial services will be held in Prescott. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Desert Botanical Garden, 1202 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Ariz., 85008. Arrangements by Messinger Indian School Mortuary of Scottsdale, Ariz. Information provided by survivors. See Also: Find A Grave |
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