Hazel Lucille Fritter Wise, 97, of Louisburg KS was called home in the early morning hours on Thursday, November 5, 2020. at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm at West Line Christian Church, 300 Main St.West Line, Missouri. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm also at the church Saturday. Friends are welcome to attend, but masks are encouraged and social distancing should be observed. Burial will follow services in Glenwild Cemetery, Cleveland, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to West Line Christian Church. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com
Hazel was born January 5, 1923 on the family farm, south of Westline, Mo to Ralph Emerson and Cora Fern Greene. Hazel was the oldest of the 4 siblings including sisters Velma Mae Cook and Kathryn Frances (Kay) Smith and is survived by her younger brother Jackie Lee Greene of De Soto.
Growing up in Westline, she often rode her horse or drove the buggy with her sisters to the one room Dodger Point School where she won all of the spelling bees. She moved to Drexel to help out in her Aunt Lena and Uncle Eli’s hotel. She made beds and baked chocolate pies all while attending high school and graduating as salutatorian in 1941.
On April 8, 1942, she secretly married her high school sweetheart, the valedictorian Bob Turner. She knew Bob had Hodgkins Lymphoma which there was no cure for at the time. Loving life in a little house they rented, she lost Bob only a year after they married.
Upon Bob’s death, Hazel took the train to Kansas City and lived in an apartment with Bob Turner’s sister, Laura Lois (surviving). She worked for Eastman Kodak, Rolland’s photo studio and eventually as a diamond grinder in Pratt Whitney (which she did not enjoy). Living in Kansas City, Hazel met Cliff Fritter, who had hitchhiked to KC from Washington DC. Cliff lived in a men’s boarding house across the street. They eloped 6 weeks later on July 14, 1945 and moved back to the family farm where Cliff learned to be a farmer. To this union, they added four children, Lance Wayne, Lona Dawn, Sana Sue and Tammie Ann. Hazel was a “Jill of all trades,” helping to run the dairy farm.
Hazel is survived by her 3 daughters and 2 son-in-laws, Lona and JD Fraser, Sana and Todd Antisdel and Tammie Drake and 2 step daughters, Sharon Wise and Vickie Alderson.
Hazel spent her later years, which there were many, sewing, fishing, canning, painting and delighting in her grandchildren:
Sonya and Rick Eshelman, Tracy Johnson and Chuck White, Dana and Seth Holloman, Kia and Andy Bondurant, Jastin and Jamie Antisdel, Sari and Micala Antisdel, Micah and Christina Drake and Tressie and Jonathan Gilmore.
Grandma Hazel loved all of her 24 great grandchildren:Jayden and Brock Findley, Gabby and Coltin Johnson, Gavin, Saylor and Piper Holloman, Kessa, Sephine, Chilton, and Beale Bondurant, Adali, Ames and Emry Antisdel, Alaire, Arden and Jett Antisdel, Devin, Hailee, Addison, Aiden Drake, Tierney and Juniper Gilmore.
And 2 great greats:
Brylon and Jaselynn McNeece
After the passing of her 2nd husband, Clifton Fritter in 1985, Hazel worked as a hostess in the Blair House where she met Harvey Wise. They eloped the day before their wedding date on July 2, 1988 which caused quite a bit of consternation. When Pastor Barth Smith announced them as husband and wife to the West Line congregation that Sunday morning, Hazel’s mother stood up and said “I’ll get even with you!”
She loved living on the farm with Harvey, raising her chickens, watching the calving and welcomed a whole new group of children (Jim & Sharon Wise and David & Vickie Alderson), grandchildren (Becky Welch, David Welch, Robert Welch, Cindy Kesterson, Loretta & Mike Folsom, Michelle & Max Menefee, Melissa & David Dubowsky, Amy Kesterson and Stephanie & Denis Unrein), 20 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.
In Hazel’s own words, “We had many good times gardening, fishing, raising chickens, ducks, pigeons, goats, calves and horses. Oh yes, lot of dogs and cats too. I’ve loved it all!”
She went on to leave this message for her family, “Somehow I’ve never grown tired of life as some old people do. I would love to live long enough to see all of my babies grow up into young men and women, but there comes an end.
I love you all. Grandma Hazel.”
Hazel was born January 5, 1923 on the family farm, south of Westline, Mo to Ralph Emerson and Cora Fern Greene. Hazel was the oldest of the 4 siblings including sisters Velma Mae Cook and Kathryn Frances (Kay) Smith and is survived by her younger brother Jackie Lee Greene of De Soto.
Growing up in Westline, she often rode her horse or drove the buggy with her sisters to the one room Dodger Point School where she won all of the spelling bees. She moved to Drexel to help out in her Aunt Lena and Uncle Eli’s hotel. She made beds and baked chocolate pies all while attending high school and graduating as salutatorian in 1941.
On April 8, 1942, she secretly married her high school sweetheart, the valedictorian Bob Turner. She knew Bob had Hodgkins Lymphoma which there was no cure for at the time. Loving life in a little house they rented, she lost Bob only a year after they married.
Upon Bob’s death, Hazel took the train to Kansas City and lived in an apartment with Bob Turner’s sister, Laura Lois (surviving). She worked for Eastman Kodak, Rolland’s photo studio and eventually as a diamond grinder in Pratt Whitney (which she did not enjoy). Living in Kansas City, Hazel met Cliff Fritter, who had hitchhiked to KC from Washington DC. Cliff lived in a men’s boarding house across the street. They eloped 6 weeks later on July 14, 1945 and moved back to the family farm where Cliff learned to be a farmer. To this union, they added four children, Lance Wayne, Lona Dawn, Sana Sue and Tammie Ann. Hazel was a “Jill of all trades,” helping to run the dairy farm.
Hazel is survived by her 3 daughters and 2 son-in-laws, Lona and JD Fraser, Sana and Todd Antisdel and Tammie Drake and 2 step daughters, Sharon Wise and Vickie Alderson.
Hazel spent her later years, which there were many, sewing, fishing, canning, painting and delighting in her grandchildren:
Sonya and Rick Eshelman, Tracy Johnson and Chuck White, Dana and Seth Holloman, Kia and Andy Bondurant, Jastin and Jamie Antisdel, Sari and Micala Antisdel, Micah and Christina Drake and Tressie and Jonathan Gilmore.
Grandma Hazel loved all of her 24 great grandchildren:Jayden and Brock Findley, Gabby and Coltin Johnson, Gavin, Saylor and Piper Holloman, Kessa, Sephine, Chilton, and Beale Bondurant, Adali, Ames and Emry Antisdel, Alaire, Arden and Jett Antisdel, Devin, Hailee, Addison, Aiden Drake, Tierney and Juniper Gilmore.
And 2 great greats:
Brylon and Jaselynn McNeece
After the passing of her 2nd husband, Clifton Fritter in 1985, Hazel worked as a hostess in the Blair House where she met Harvey Wise. They eloped the day before their wedding date on July 2, 1988 which caused quite a bit of consternation. When Pastor Barth Smith announced them as husband and wife to the West Line congregation that Sunday morning, Hazel’s mother stood up and said “I’ll get even with you!”
She loved living on the farm with Harvey, raising her chickens, watching the calving and welcomed a whole new group of children (Jim & Sharon Wise and David & Vickie Alderson), grandchildren (Becky Welch, David Welch, Robert Welch, Cindy Kesterson, Loretta & Mike Folsom, Michelle & Max Menefee, Melissa & David Dubowsky, Amy Kesterson and Stephanie & Denis Unrein), 20 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.
In Hazel’s own words, “We had many good times gardening, fishing, raising chickens, ducks, pigeons, goats, calves and horses. Oh yes, lot of dogs and cats too. I’ve loved it all!”
She went on to leave this message for her family, “Somehow I’ve never grown tired of life as some old people do. I would love to live long enough to see all of my babies grow up into young men and women, but there comes an end.
I love you all. Grandma Hazel.”
Hazel Lucille Fritter Wise, 97, of Louisburg KS was called home in the early morning hours on Thursday, November 5, 2020. at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm at West Line Christian Church, 300 Main St.West Line, Missouri. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm also at the church Saturday. Friends are welcome to attend, but masks are encouraged and social distancing should be observed. Burial will follow services in Glenwild Cemetery, Cleveland, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to West Line Christian Church. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com
Hazel was born January 5, 1923 on the family farm, south of Westline, Mo to Ralph Emerson and Cora Fern Greene. Hazel was the oldest of the 4 siblings including sisters Velma Mae Cook and Kathryn Frances (Kay) Smith and is survived by her younger brother Jackie Lee Greene of De Soto.
Growing up in Westline, she often rode her horse or drove the buggy with her sisters to the one room Dodger Point School where she won all of the spelling bees. She moved to Drexel to help out in her Aunt Lena and Uncle Eli’s hotel. She made beds and baked chocolate pies all while attending high school and graduating as salutatorian in 1941.
On April 8, 1942, she secretly married her high school sweetheart, the valedictorian Bob Turner. She knew Bob had Hodgkins Lymphoma which there was no cure for at the time. Loving life in a little house they rented, she lost Bob only a year after they married.
Upon Bob’s death, Hazel took the train to Kansas City and lived in an apartment with Bob Turner’s sister, Laura Lois (surviving). She worked for Eastman Kodak, Rolland’s photo studio and eventually as a diamond grinder in Pratt Whitney (which she did not enjoy). Living in Kansas City, Hazel met Cliff Fritter, who had hitchhiked to KC from Washington DC. Cliff lived in a men’s boarding house across the street. They eloped 6 weeks later on July 14, 1945 and moved back to the family farm where Cliff learned to be a farmer. To this union, they added four children, Lance Wayne, Lona Dawn, Sana Sue and Tammie Ann. Hazel was a “Jill of all trades,” helping to run the dairy farm.
Hazel is survived by her 3 daughters and 2 son-in-laws, Lona and JD Fraser, Sana and Todd Antisdel and Tammie Drake and 2 step daughters, Sharon Wise and Vickie Alderson.
Hazel spent her later years, which there were many, sewing, fishing, canning, painting and delighting in her grandchildren:
Sonya and Rick Eshelman, Tracy Johnson and Chuck White, Dana and Seth Holloman, Kia and Andy Bondurant, Jastin and Jamie Antisdel, Sari and Micala Antisdel, Micah and Christina Drake and Tressie and Jonathan Gilmore.
Grandma Hazel loved all of her 24 great grandchildren:Jayden and Brock Findley, Gabby and Coltin Johnson, Gavin, Saylor and Piper Holloman, Kessa, Sephine, Chilton, and Beale Bondurant, Adali, Ames and Emry Antisdel, Alaire, Arden and Jett Antisdel, Devin, Hailee, Addison, Aiden Drake, Tierney and Juniper Gilmore.
And 2 great greats:
Brylon and Jaselynn McNeece
After the passing of her 2nd husband, Clifton Fritter in 1985, Hazel worked as a hostess in the Blair House where she met Harvey Wise. They eloped the day before their wedding date on July 2, 1988 which caused quite a bit of consternation. When Pastor Barth Smith announced them as husband and wife to the West Line congregation that Sunday morning, Hazel’s mother stood up and said “I’ll get even with you!”
She loved living on the farm with Harvey, raising her chickens, watching the calving and welcomed a whole new group of children (Jim & Sharon Wise and David & Vickie Alderson), grandchildren (Becky Welch, David Welch, Robert Welch, Cindy Kesterson, Loretta & Mike Folsom, Michelle & Max Menefee, Melissa & David Dubowsky, Amy Kesterson and Stephanie & Denis Unrein), 20 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.
In Hazel’s own words, “We had many good times gardening, fishing, raising chickens, ducks, pigeons, goats, calves and horses. Oh yes, lot of dogs and cats too. I’ve loved it all!”
She went on to leave this message for her family, “Somehow I’ve never grown tired of life as some old people do. I would love to live long enough to see all of my babies grow up into young men and women, but there comes an end.
I love you all. Grandma Hazel.”
Hazel was born January 5, 1923 on the family farm, south of Westline, Mo to Ralph Emerson and Cora Fern Greene. Hazel was the oldest of the 4 siblings including sisters Velma Mae Cook and Kathryn Frances (Kay) Smith and is survived by her younger brother Jackie Lee Greene of De Soto.
Growing up in Westline, she often rode her horse or drove the buggy with her sisters to the one room Dodger Point School where she won all of the spelling bees. She moved to Drexel to help out in her Aunt Lena and Uncle Eli’s hotel. She made beds and baked chocolate pies all while attending high school and graduating as salutatorian in 1941.
On April 8, 1942, she secretly married her high school sweetheart, the valedictorian Bob Turner. She knew Bob had Hodgkins Lymphoma which there was no cure for at the time. Loving life in a little house they rented, she lost Bob only a year after they married.
Upon Bob’s death, Hazel took the train to Kansas City and lived in an apartment with Bob Turner’s sister, Laura Lois (surviving). She worked for Eastman Kodak, Rolland’s photo studio and eventually as a diamond grinder in Pratt Whitney (which she did not enjoy). Living in Kansas City, Hazel met Cliff Fritter, who had hitchhiked to KC from Washington DC. Cliff lived in a men’s boarding house across the street. They eloped 6 weeks later on July 14, 1945 and moved back to the family farm where Cliff learned to be a farmer. To this union, they added four children, Lance Wayne, Lona Dawn, Sana Sue and Tammie Ann. Hazel was a “Jill of all trades,” helping to run the dairy farm.
Hazel is survived by her 3 daughters and 2 son-in-laws, Lona and JD Fraser, Sana and Todd Antisdel and Tammie Drake and 2 step daughters, Sharon Wise and Vickie Alderson.
Hazel spent her later years, which there were many, sewing, fishing, canning, painting and delighting in her grandchildren:
Sonya and Rick Eshelman, Tracy Johnson and Chuck White, Dana and Seth Holloman, Kia and Andy Bondurant, Jastin and Jamie Antisdel, Sari and Micala Antisdel, Micah and Christina Drake and Tressie and Jonathan Gilmore.
Grandma Hazel loved all of her 24 great grandchildren:Jayden and Brock Findley, Gabby and Coltin Johnson, Gavin, Saylor and Piper Holloman, Kessa, Sephine, Chilton, and Beale Bondurant, Adali, Ames and Emry Antisdel, Alaire, Arden and Jett Antisdel, Devin, Hailee, Addison, Aiden Drake, Tierney and Juniper Gilmore.
And 2 great greats:
Brylon and Jaselynn McNeece
After the passing of her 2nd husband, Clifton Fritter in 1985, Hazel worked as a hostess in the Blair House where she met Harvey Wise. They eloped the day before their wedding date on July 2, 1988 which caused quite a bit of consternation. When Pastor Barth Smith announced them as husband and wife to the West Line congregation that Sunday morning, Hazel’s mother stood up and said “I’ll get even with you!”
She loved living on the farm with Harvey, raising her chickens, watching the calving and welcomed a whole new group of children (Jim & Sharon Wise and David & Vickie Alderson), grandchildren (Becky Welch, David Welch, Robert Welch, Cindy Kesterson, Loretta & Mike Folsom, Michelle & Max Menefee, Melissa & David Dubowsky, Amy Kesterson and Stephanie & Denis Unrein), 20 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.
In Hazel’s own words, “We had many good times gardening, fishing, raising chickens, ducks, pigeons, goats, calves and horses. Oh yes, lot of dogs and cats too. I’ve loved it all!”
She went on to leave this message for her family, “Somehow I’ve never grown tired of life as some old people do. I would love to live long enough to see all of my babies grow up into young men and women, but there comes an end.
I love you all. Grandma Hazel.”
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