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- The Columbia Daily Tribune, January 14, 2009:
Hazel Gritton, 86, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, at her home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.
Hazel was born on May 21, 1922, in Udall, Kan., to Daniel and Bessie Davis Boatman, and they preceded her in death.
She was married to Earl Gritton on Jan. 27, 1946, at the Allen Street Methodist Church in Centralia, and he survives.
Hazel was honored as the longest living member of the Centralia United Methodist Church. She enjoyed flower gardening and was a member of the Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society.
She is also survived by daughters Susan Beard and husband Richard of Sedalia, Brenda Clark of Joplin and Nancy Sweezer and husband Ivan of Centralia; one sister, Wanda Bugg and husband Eldon of Boonville; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and four sisters.
Tributes can be left online at www.memorialfuneralhomeand cemetery.com.
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