Hazel Hintz-Ching, 93, of Watertown passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Center in Clear Lake.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church in Watertown, with Pastor Dennis Hansen officiating and Marcia Jelsma as organist.
Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Wight, Comes & Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown. Family requests memorials be designated to PLH Hospice, P.O. Box 1210, Watertown, SD 57201.
Honorary Pallbearers will be all of Hazel's grandchildren. Pallbearers will be: Kevin Paulsen, Darin Hintz, Douglas Hintz, Darwin Martinell, Rick Paulsen and Mike Hintz.
Hazel was born Jan. 29, 1919, in Brookings, to Fredrick and Marie (Casberg) Lenning. She attended school in Bruce.
She married Vernon Klemm in 1939, who passed away in 1940. On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Maurice Hintz at Hendricks, Minn. The couple farmed in the Brandt-Toronto, S.D., area for 12 years and later farmed in the Castlewood area for 18 years, before moving to Watertown. Hazel was employed at St. Ann's Hospital and Roosevelt School. Maurice passed away on March 2, 1989. She later married Melvin "Dick" Ching on June 19, 1992.
Dick passed away on March 3, 2011.
Hazel loved spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed playing the piano and was an excellent seamstress and gardener.
Hazel is survived by her children: Dennis (Nancy) Hintz of Clear Lake, Karen Paulsen of Watertown, Donna Martinell of Sioux Falls and Arlo (Vicki) Hintz of Aberdeen; her sister, Joyce Svennes of Brookings; sisters-in-law: Corlyis Lenning of Brookings and Marlys Lenning of Sioux Falls; brother-in-law, Robert Hintz of Brookings; 24 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and 40 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; three sisters; five brothers; two grandsons; one granddaughter; and one great-grandson.
Arrangements by Wight, Comes & Sogn Funeral Chapel.
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