Hazel Marie (Rogers) Raitt (1895 - 1992)

Born 28 Mar 1895 in Benton Co, IA

Ancestors

Wife of John Raitt — married 9 Jun 1923 in Vinton, Benton Co, IA

Died 21 Sep 1992 at age 97 in Vinton, Benton Co, IA

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Biography

Hazel was the eldest daughter of nine children born to Ada (See) and Frank Rogers. As such she was her mother's right hand in carrying out the domestic chores and helping to raise the younger children on the Rogers' farm. As a child, she clearly remembered the visits of her widowed grandmother, Mary (Lenon) See and wrote down the stories her grandmother told of her trip to the California Gold Rush in 1852. Her correspondence with Carol See Browning has provided a wonderful account of the various See siblings, most of whom lived on neighboring farms in Benton Co, IA.

She attended school through the 8th grade and later worked at a Mercantile company.

When Hazel was 28, she married widower Jack Raitt and helped raise his 2 sons, along with her own daughter, Penny. She loved to garden and offered her musical talents to the First Christian Church in Vinton, by playing the organ and singing in the choir.

She died just 2 1/2 yrs before her 100th birthday and is buried in the Brandon Cemetery with her parents, and many other family members.

OBITUARY: Hazel Marie Raitt
VINTON--Hazel Marie Raitt, 97, died Monday afternoon, September 21, 1992, at Virginia Gay Annex where she had been a resident since July of 1990.
She was born March 28, 1895, near Mount Auburn to Frank and Ada (See) Rogers. June 9, 1923, she married John "Jack" Raitt at Vinton. He preceded his wife in death December 5, 1979.
During her life she received a great pleasure from her activities as a member of the First Christian Church in Vinton where her love of music was evident through her membership in the choir and as organist. She will be remembered also for her love of gardening.
She is survived by her sister, Frances (Mrs. Cliff) Williams of LaPorte City, her two step-sons, Louis Raitt and his wife, Maxine, and Byrl Raitt and his wife, Eleanor, all of Vinton; her granddaughter, Jane (Mrs. Kent) Mozena-Fetty, Pella; four step grandchildren and 11 step great grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter and son-in-law, Pansy and Jack Mozena; six brothers, Hiram, Carl, Paul, Charles, Wade and Lyle Rogers; and one sister, Gladys Baldwin. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 25, at the First Christian Church in Vinton with Rev. Judy Shields officiating. Interment will be held at the Brandon Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Vinton from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
A memorial fund has been established for the Christian Church and Virginia Gay Annex.

U.S.Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Hazel Raitt
Name: Hazel Raitt SSN: 480-80-6166
Last Residence: 50219  Pella, Marion, Iowa, USA
BORN: 28 Mar 1895 Died: 21 Sep 1992

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 53716375

U.S., Social Security Death Index Sara Stevens Patton Research & Family correspondence.