A Service of Celebration was 2:00 PM, Thursday, September, 13, 2012, at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating; Family and Faith was read by Brandi Shigley; Joshua Gann read Psalm 27:1, John 3:16 and Matthew aa:28-30; soloist, Jon Wager sang “Amazing Grace” and organist, Barry Lund accompanied the singing of “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” and “I Know of a Sleep in Jesus Name.” Paul Cannon served as urn bearer with interment in the Dawson Cemetery.
Visitation was Thursday for 1 hour prior to the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Johnson Memorial Health Services, 1282 Walnut Street, Dawson, MN, 56232
Hazel Alvina Shigley was born on September 1, 1911, to Lars and Christine Boe in Tunsberg Townsihp, rural Watson, MN. She was baptized at the Watson Lutheran Church in 1923. The family moved to Lac Qui Parle County where Hazel was confirmed at the Lac Qui Parle Lutheran Church in November, 1926.
Hazel married Lloyd Henry Shigley on September 1, 1931, and had seven children. She lived in Dawson, moved to Northfield, MN, where she was an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. She was a cook at St. Olaf College for several years and then an assistant dorm manager at Carlton College before moving to San Diego, CA, in 1967. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in San Diego until moving to Strasburg, CO, in 1976. She and Lloyd lived in Broomfield, CO, and were active members of Lutheran Church of Hope until Lloyd’s death in 1985, when she moved to Richmond, TX, to live with her daughter and son-in-law.; There she was a member of Joy Lutheran Church.
Hazel moved back to Dawson and entered the Johnson Memorial Home on September 14, 2009, where she died on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the age of 101 years and 8 days.
She is survived by sons: Leroy and wife, Carol of San Diego, CA, Gerald and wife, Lois of Dawson, Maynard and wife, Vicky of Aurora, CO, and David and wife, Carol of Arvada, CO; daughter, Kathryn Gann and husband, Mike of Richmond, TX; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lloyd; daughters, Phyllis in 1935 and Delores in 1943; sisters: Carrie Norby, Ellen Olson, Clara Anderson and Myrtle Anderson; and brothers: Thorvald Boe and Richard Boe.