Rhodes, Hazel Schertz (1908-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 May 18 p. 9

Birth date: 1908 Jun 11

text of obituary:

HAZEL SCHERTZ RHODES

Hazel Schertz Rhodes, 100, of La Junta, Colo., died April 28, 2009. She was born June 11, 1908, to William and Magdalena Ulrich Schertz in Manson, Iowa.

After graduating from Manson High School, she went to La Junta for nurses training, graduating from La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in 1930.

On Dec. 11, 1932, she married Marvin D. Rhodes of La Junta. They farmed in the Fairmount area south of Swink for many years before retiring to La Junta. After Marvin’s death in 1993, she moved to Casa del Sol Retirement Community.

She had a quick sense of humor and love for people. In addition to being a nurse, she was an avid quilter, active in the local Mennonite church and hospital auxiliary. She and Marvin traveled extensively and volunteered with Meals on Wheels.

Survivors include three daughters, Nelda Thelin and her husband, Bob, Irene Rhodes and Marva Kremer and her husband, Claude; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, brothers and sisters.

Inurnment and a private service were held at Fairview Cemetery in La Junta.