Hazel wrote a chapter in the book "As I remember my Family": I met Sheldon at Stark, IL. We were having a "Minstrel Show" at the church and I was selling tickets for it. I tried selling Sheldon and his brother tickets. They were only 25 cents apiece but he didn't buy even one. He said he was broke. In June of 1933, a little later on, Sheldon asked me for a date. We dated for nearly two years. He was a very nice boyfriend, like he would put a corncob in my overshoe or put cardboard in a gum wrapper so I would think it was a stick of gum. He would put paper wads in my gloves or tie the fingers together or maybe tie my coat sleeves together or put one sleeve wrong side out. Later he did this to his children too. I was proud of him though he was a little "back-woodsy". When we went to the Jr. Sr. Prom, he came without a suit or tie. I was a little embarrassed about it and he was not a dancer, so we sat and watched the rest dance. We were married on May 11, 1935, in Palmyra, Missouri at the Presbyterian Parsonage. We moved many times, with a portable mill that was set up where the timber was. Our first winter, we lived in a shack with tar-paper on the side and a tin stove to heat with. We had a Kalamazoo cook stove, a bed and dresser, a kitchen table made from three planks and two saw horses and two small nail kegs for our chairs. It got down to 30 degrees below zero."

Lorraine: "Mom, I describe as English in the middle-class America. She did most the disciplining. She taught us the usual: proper table manners, don't pick your nose or scratch your bottom in public. The table was set properly, we ate as a family together. She never missed sending birthday cards and thank you notes to the right people. Mom's influence helped us become mature responsible adults. She attempted to instill in us an independence which would take us through life's ups and downs. When the going gets rough, Mom's been a real stabilizer at times. Mom and Dad are both sensitive, caring people."

Sheldon: "In June 1933, Hazel and I started dating. I had very little money. A date consisted of a show in town then home. There was no meal or drink after the show as I was lucky to have the 25 cents for the tickets and the five cents for the popcorn. Hazel had both beauty and charm, a small girl about five foot tall and 110 pounds. A good girl. Hazel and her brothers all had freckles, which added to their distinction and personalities. We dated till we married on May 11, 1935. On Oct 25, 1986Hazel was diagnosed with cancer. She lived to July 15, 1989. This loss cannot be expressed in words."

Harley: "Back about 1948, Mom looked out the window and saw "Ol Hi Chi" sitting there on his suitcase. He was tired, weary and footsore. She took him into the house and fed him. He was there when Dad came home. Well, they moved "Ol Hi Chi" into an old repair shop at the mill, just a tiny shack. He ended up staying and working probably 15 years until he retired. After he'd been there sometime, they built him a basic little home right where the other one stood. He was a kind of a night watchman too. He stayed around a few years after his retirement, but eventually they sent him to a nursing home where he died in 1968."

Shawn Lovejoy: "Hazel was one of the kindest and sweetest ladies I have ever known and the kind of aunt I think everyone has at least one of, Sweet as pie until you mess up and then she'll let you know. I don't think anyone would want to feel her wrath. Sheldon and Hazel were very special, like a second set of grandparents. Sheldon was so henpecked by Hazel. He knew it and allowed it (I think a sign of true love). He would begin to tell me a story about "the good ole days" and at some point he would get some detail wrong. Well, Hazel couldn't let that pass by without letting him know his error. I can still hear him saying "Hazel can I tell this story?" She would look at me with a wink and a smile, satisfied that she had annoyed him.   (Sharon Bearce)