Hazel Jean Maeder

Hazel Jean Maeder, 94, of Corning, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 at Corning Specialty Care. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Corning. Open viewing with family receiving friends will be 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at the funeral home. There will be a luncheon at 11:30 A.M., at St. Patrick Parish Center, Corning. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery in Corning. Memorial contributions may be directed to Care Initiatives Hospice in Greenfield, St. Patrick Catholic Church in Corning and/or Corning Specialty Care. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Hazel (Fleharty) Maeder, the daughter of Forrest and Edla (Freburg) Fleharty, was born October 29, 1926, north of Grass Range in Fergus County, Montana. She lived in Montana and attended a one room school house until she was nine years old when her parents moved to Iowa. Hazel attended school in Mt. Etna until she was 12 years. It was then her parents purchased the Fleharty family farm in Lincoln Township. She attended Pleasant Valley School-Lincoln #1 through the eighth grade. Hazel then rode the bus to Corning High School and graduated with the class of 1945. Hazel would attend summer school in Creston to receive her Teaching Certificate. She taught school at Fairview-Lincoln #6 for one year. The next year she taught at Lincoln #1 for one year. On October 11, 1947, Hazel married Donald Edward Maeder. The couple lived on the Maeder farm north of Corning in Lincoln Township when four sons blessed this union: Robert in 1948, Larry in 1951, Paul in 1953 and Donnie in 1959. In 1971, they moved to the farm they purchased in Washington Township, where she lived until Edward passed away in 1997. After Edwards death, Hazel moved to her home in Corning where she lived until entering Corning Specialty Care where she lived out her life.
Hazel liked to quilt and garden. She and Edward enjoyed attending country music shows. When her children were younger, she loved the family fishing trips to Minnesota. Hazel was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and was a former member of the Friendship Club.

Left to cherish Hazel’s memory are her sons: Robert (Peggy) Maeder of Novinger, Missouri, Larry (Janean) Maeder of Corning, Paul (Diane) Maeder of Corning and Donald (Loretta) Maeder of Wiota; ten grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Shirley Fleharty of Corning; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Preceding Hazel in death were her parents, Forrest and Edla; husband Edward; grandson, Tony; grandson-in-law Jeremy Trichel and brother, Roy Fleharty.