BROSEY, Hazel M. Age 93, of Hamilton, Ohio, died on Sunday, December 17, 2006, at the Woodland Country Manor in Somerville, Ohio. Born in Oxford, Ohio, on November 8, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Blanche (Beard) Finch. She was educated in the Oxford schools and graduated from Stewart High School in 1932. On March 15, 1937, in Harrison, Ohio, Hazel married Dwight E. Brosey and he preceded her in death on December 19, 1962. She was employed with Butler County Human Services and the Western College for Women, retiring in 1979. She was a member of the Bethel Christian Missionary Alliance Church since 1937.

Hazel is survived by her four children, Paul Brosey and his wife Jessie of New Baltimore, Ohio, Esther Kesterson and her husband Earl of Wilmington, Ohio, Melvin Brosey and his wife Sharon, and Daniel Ray Brosey and his wife Pam, all of Hanover Township, Ohio; ten grandchildren Joel Brosey, Nathan Brosey, Andrew Brosey, Kevin Kesterson, Dale Kesterson, Amy Regis, Tony Brosey, Danielle Brosey, Justin Brosey, and Jared Brosey; fifteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Milton A. Finch of Los Angeles, California; nieces and nephews. Hazel was also preceded in death by one grandchild, Aaron Brosey; two sisters, Jane Darrah and Zettie Cotton; and one brother, David Finch, who died while serving in the US Army during WWII.

Funeral services will be held at 11am on Thursday, December 21, 2006, at Bethel Community Church, 2015 NW Washington Boulevard, Hamilton, OH 45013, with Rev. Charles A. Staudenmaier and Rev. Donald McElwee officiating. Interment will follow at Venice Cemetery. Family and friends will be received on Wednesday from 5-8pm at the Webb Noonan Funeral Home, Ross Avenue at South "D" Street, Hamilton. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Bethel Community Church.

Published in Journal-News on Dec. 19, 2006 –