FULLER, Hazel

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ February 6, 2009 Hazel E. Marshall Pyle Fuller Hazel Marshall died Jan. 31, 2009, in St. Johns at the home of her daughter. She was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Annawan, Ill. She married Warren W. Pyle Aug. 15, 1941, in Kewanee, Ill. They raised two daughters, Kay Hauser and Fay Bell. In 1947, Warnie and Hazel moved from the Pyle family farm in Kewanee, Ill., to Glendale and in 1956 relocated to Fowler Lane near Tolleson. Since Warnie's death in 1966, Hazel has lived at Grand Missouri Home Park in Glendale. She was a widow for 18 years and then married Ralph (Jim) Fuller in October 1984. Jim died in May 2007. Hazel was an energetic, gracious and kind "lady." After becoming a widow, she worked for 11 years as a baker and cook in a Glendale elementary school cafeteria. Her hobbies were crocheting, knitting, counted cross-stitch and ceramics. She loved music and dancing. She loved being involved in all the park activities and spent many, many years on the leadership committee for park activities. She was a wonderful cook. Her roots were in Illinois, farming, gardening, canning, feeding threshing crews and cooking. She has always been dearly loved by family, extended family and a large circle of friends. She enjoyed good health for 91 years and her family is so grateful for the opportunity to be able to care for her in the past month of her illness. She is survived by her daughters, Kay (Jim) Hauser, Fay (Jim ) Bell; five grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; sister Doris Parker of North Carolina; and brother Elton (Ellamae) Pyle and sister-in-law Mary Pyle of Phoenix. She is also survived by Ralph (Jim) Fuller's children, Anita, Mike and Susan and their children and grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Friday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m. at the Greenwood Memorial Park on I-17 and Van Buren Street in Glendale. Burnham Mortuary of St. Johns handled arrangements.