Hazel Doan

Hazel Doan, 81, McKenzie, died October 3, 2005. Services will be held 2:30 PM Friday, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Steve Sathre officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 12:00 Noon to 9 PM today and 9 AM to 12:00 Noon Friday at Eastgate Funeral Service. Hazel Delilah Peterson was born May 12, 1924 on a farm near Morristown, SD, the daughter of John Lewis and Eldora Dokken Peterson. At the age of 4 she and her family moved to her grandfather, Jacob Peterson's farm near Bismarck. She was educated at Apple Creek Elementary and Bismarck High School. She worked at Benson Optical before her marriage to Jewell "Babe" Doan on February 21, 1945. They lived and ranched at the Black Leg Ranch at McKenzie. Hazel brought peace and harmony into her home. She had a kindness that kept everyone together and put others feelings before her own. Her needs were simple, because she simply wanted everyone to be happy. It brought her great joy to be with her family and spend time with her grandchildren playing games. Hazel enjoyed dancing and going on walks. Hazel appreciated the outdoors and helped her husband and family on the ranch. She enjoyed socializing with her friends and she had so many cute sayings such as, "goofy as a pet coon" and "stuffed as a toad." Hazel was a cub scout leader, past president of the Burleigh County Homemakers Council, member of the Bismarck Women's Community Council, and past president of the Eagles Auxiliary. She was past president of the District 5 Cowbelles and treasurer in Logan Township. Hazel also served as North Dakota delegate to the White House Conference on Libraries in Washington, DC. Hazel was loved and will be missed. Hazel is survived by her two sons and their wives, John and Becky Doan of Wichita, KS, and Jerry and Renae Doan of McKenzie, ND; her grandchildren, Anastasia Adams and her husband, Rodney, Angela Craver and her husband, Shawn, Tiffany Doan and her fiance, Hamza Begovic, Tay Braver and her husband, David, Shanda Morgan and her husband, Don, Jeremy Doan, Jay Doan and his fiancÚ, Alexandra Matthews, and Jayce Doan; her great-grandchildren, Nathaniel and Alexandria Adams, Luke and Elizabeth Craver, Jayden and Kyler Morgan, and Skylar and MyKayla Braver; her sister, Lois Laemmle and her husband, Carl, Bismarck, ND; her nephew, Russell Laemmle; and her niece, Carla Gartner. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jewel "Babe" in 2002 and her nephew Lynn Laemmle.

Hazel Doan

May 12, 1924 - October 3, 2005