Hazel Poverud, 98, of Flandreau, died Friday, May 19, 2017, at Riverview Healthcare Community.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Flandreau. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at the church.
Hazel Irene Paulson was born Aug. 1, 1918, at home northwest of Flandreau, to Olaf and Carrie (Iverson) Paulson. She had four siblings, Palmer, Mable, Alvin and Bernice. She attended country school for elementary grades and graduated in 1936 from Egan High School. She graduated from General Beadle Teachers College in Madison in 1938, as she loved children.
She married Eivend Poverud on Feb. 24, 1947, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Flandreau. She taught school in Egan and Glendale Township School in rural Napoleon, N.D. They had a daughter, Dianne. They lived on the family farm in rural Napoleon for about eight years before moving to Pico Rivera, Calif., in September 1955. In 1957 they purchased their first home in La Puente, Calif., where Hazel lived and worked at W.T. Grant Co., as a bookkeeper until her retirement in 1980. Eivend died on Sept. 19, 1979. In 1985 she moved back to Flandreau to be near her sisters, Mable and Bernice. The “Paulson Girls,” as they were called, were together almost every day for about 20 years in their later years.
Hazel was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She enjoyed the company of many friends and neighbors. Many lifelong friends were met through church. Growing up she attended Midway Lutheran Church, Clare Lutheran Church, and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. She was a charter member of the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church for 30 years. She was a Sunday school teacher and active in Ladies Aid. She was a woman of faith who loved her family, showing kindness, gentleness, honesty and integrity in all aspects of her life. On Sept. 9, 2011 Hazel moved to Riverview Manor in Flandreau.
Hazel is survived by her daughter, Dianne Staggs and son-in-law, John Hess and family of Flandreau; three grandsons; seven great-grandchildren; four nieces and four nephews,
Hazel was preceded in death her husband, Eivend; siblings, Palmer, Mable, Alvin (Joyce), and Bernice; son-in-law, Larry Staggs; sister-in-law, Ruby (Frank) Marquart; niece, Susan Marquart and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Skroch Funeral Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
