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Hazel Estelle McDonald Witzel
3 Dec 1907 – 24 Jul 2006
| Birth | 3 Dec 1907 |
| Death | 24 Jul 2006 |
| Cemetery | Saint Martins Cemetery Tours , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Betty Fajkus Marek on 21 Oct 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15055481 |
Bio
Hazel Estelle Mcdonald Witzel, 98, of Leroy, passed away Monday, July 24, 2006, in Austin. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday in the Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel in West with Msgr. Isidore Rozychi officiating. Burial will follow in St. Martin's Cemetery near Tours. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home. Hazel was vorn in Collins, Mississippi, the fifth child of 13, born to the late Jacob and Beatrice (Eubanks) McDonald. She was a graduate of Gatesville High School. On June 25, 1941, she was united in marriage to George Edmond Witzel in San Diego, Texas. In addition to being a homemaker, she owned and operated the Long Branch Café in Leroy, worked as a telephone operator, was manager of housekeeping for Baylor University, a printer for the City of Waco, and a librarian for Ross Middle School. She served as Precinct 68 Chairperson for McLennan County Democratic Party and was also a member of the Leroy Volunteer Fire Department and St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours. Hazel loved to collect rocks, buttons, and post cards. She came to notoriety as the "Button Lady" after an article about her button collection was distributed through the Associated Press Newswire Service. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, on June 10, 1973; son, Joseph Patrick Witzel, who died June 25, 1966; and grandson, Eldon Eugene Taylor. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Martha Todd, of Austin; sons, Ramon Lee Taylor and wife, Betty, of San Antonio, George Jacob Witzel, of Elm Mott, and Robert James Witzel, of Austin; grandchildren: Ernest Taylor and wife, Billie, Laura Berger and husband, Charles, Lynda Jaskina and husband, James, Lisa Taylor, Amy Flanagan and husband, Mark, Brandon Witzel and wife, Nicole, Adrienne Witzel, Kristina Todd and Melanie Witzel; 13 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; brother, DW McDonald and wife, Edna, of Evant; sister-in-law, Vestal McDonald, of Waco; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/25/2006 - 7/26/2006...S
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Siblings
- Troy Leon McDonald 1900–1979
- Orbia McDonald 1903–1974
- Thelma Mae McDonald Mauldin 1905–1985
- Ruby Lee McDonald 1906–1914
- Marie McDonald 1909–1911
- James Hanson McDonald 1914–1967
- Otis Steven McDonald 1915–1996
- Arvin Arthur McDonald 1917–2003
- Capt Norman Eubanks "Bob" McDonald 1919–1944
- Mildred Fae McDonald Allman 1921–1995
- Edwin McDonald 1922–1922
- D. W. McDonald 1924–2010
Children
- Ramon Lee "Pete" Taylor 1927–2011 FaG
- George Jacob "Jake" Witzel 1945–2014 FaG
- Joseph Patrick Witzel 1949–1966 FaG
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