Hazel Frederick

November 8, 1928 - October 18, 2020

Hazel Frederick Jefferson, Iowa Date of Death: October 18, 2020 A private family funeral service for Hazel Frederick, 91, of Jefferson will take place at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson, with a private family interment at Richland Township Cemetery, Guthrie County, Iowa. Friends are invited to pay their respects at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 and from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Thursday, October 22, 2020. The family will not be present. Memorials are suggested to a charity of your choice in memory of Hazel. Hazel Lavonne Byrns Frederick was born on November 8, 1928 in a farm house north of Bagley, Iowa. She was the second of four daughters born to Clyde and Cora (Dagit) Byrns. Hazel grew up as a “Farm Girl”, helping her dad with livestock chores and field work. This was how she developed her love for farm life and being outdoors. Hazel attended school in Cooper, Iowa and graduated from Franklin Township High School in 1946. After graduation, she worked at the Jefferson State Bank until March of 1949 when she married Robert Frederick and they began farming in Franklin Township, just ½ mile north of the farm where she grew up. Here they raised their two sons, Rodney and Alan. Hazel actively worked alongside her husband, Bob, doing livestock chores and fieldwork, especially operating the corn picker for many fall harvests. Hazel was a member of the Bagley United Methodist Church and many organizations including the American Legion Auxiliary, Bagley Garden Club, United Methodist Women, and she was a 50-year member of the Greene County Hospital Auxiliary. Hazel had many interests and hobbies over the years including fishing, golfing, biking, bowling and gardening. She especially enjoyed growing flowers and planted red petunias this year in observance of the Covid-19 epidemic. Hazel enjoyed many “Frederick Family” fishing trips to Pakwash, Canada and Eagle Rock, Missouri. Other special trips were to Hawaii, Washington, D.C., and Yellowstone National Park. Hazel and Bob spent several winters in their travel trailer with Bob’s sister and husband in Florida, and as she said, “Those were the good times.” She was blessed with seven grandchildren and some of the times spent with them included playing cards, board games, biking, ice-skating and their yearly day-trips to Springbrook State Park. They could always find Grandma’s homemade cookies in her cookie jar. Hazel and Bob retired to Jefferson in the fall of 1999 and in August of 2015 they moved to Lakeside Village in Panora, IA where she enjoyed many activities and made many new friends. Hazel Frederick died October 18, 2020. She was 91 years of age. Preceding her in death were her husband of 69 years, Bob; her parents: Clyde and Cora Byrns; and two sisters: Ruth Byrns and Eleanor Toomey. Havel is survived by her sons: Rodney (Deena) and Alan (Ann); seven grandchildren: Daniel (Jodi) Frederick, Sara (Alan) Borgeson, Carolyn (Brandon) Renshaw, Elizabeth (Bret) Pierce, Karen (Daniel) Tungesvik, Mary Hinton, and Bill (Melissa) Frederick; 18 great-grandchildren; a sister, Judy Larson-Kemble of Ames, IA; three sisters-in-law: Sandra Parks of Cleveland, MN; Mary Beckley of Eagle Rock, MO; and Doris Frederick of Cleghorn, IA; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Online condolences may be left at www.sliningerschroeder.com. The funeral service will be live streamed at 1:30pm Thursday, October 22, 2020 on the Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home Facebook page which can be accessed here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2703013993281690&ref=notif¬if_id=1603391265307083¬if_t=live_video No log-in or passwords are required. Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home 515-386-2171