After a life of love and quiet grace, Hazel M. Grond, 97, has passed.
These are the contours of a life that meant a great deal to many.
Hazel entered this world in 1917 — the start of a journey that would span 97 years.
Hazel spent her working life as ['Monroe and then in Corsica'] and held deeply to the Methodist faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.
Those who live by belief leave a different kind of mark.
Hazel M. Grond, 97 died Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Tieszen Memorial Home, Marion. Funeral services will be at 11:00am Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Asbury United Methodist Church, Sioux Falls with visitation an hour before services. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell. Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home, Parker. Hazel May Klinger was born on May 10, 1917 at Marion, SD to George and Bertha (Groepel) Klinger. After graduating from Marion High School in 1935 she received her teaching certificate from Freeman Junior College, later receiving her BA degree from Huron College. She began her teaching career in Monroe and then in Corsica. On June 28, 1945 she was united in marriage to CJ Grond at Marion. They lived in Stickney, Oelrichs, and Bryant before moving to Mitchell in 1965. She taught in the Mitchell for 13 years until her retirement in 1979. Her husband died in 1994. She was a member of the Mitchell First United Methodist Church, Order of Eastern Star, Mitchell area retired teachers association, and a former member of the Sweet Adeline's. Grateful for having shared her life are a daughter Dotty (Bob) Martens, Sioux Falls; 2 grandchildren, Jennifer (Christopher) Bethke, Glendale, AZ, and Jon Martens (fiancé Becky), Tempe, AZ; 3 great granddaughters, Riley, Shea, and Tatum Bethke; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son John, and 2 brothers Garris and Wilmer Klinger.
