Hazel B. Dick, 101, Hays, died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Via Christi Village in Hays.

She was born July 18, 1912, in Fairmont, Minnesota, to John F. and Effie (Hengen) Haeckel. She was a graduate of Fairmont High School and worked in Minneapolis Minnesota. In 1939, she came to Lyons, KS to visit her sister where she met her future husband. She married Orle Dick on April 2nd, 1940. He preceded her in death on August 3, 1986.

Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Marium, Wichita, KS, four daughters; Barbara James and husband Don, Burlington, North Carolina; Joan Phelps, Japan; Ann Staab and husband Leon, Hays; Mary Reel and husband Rod, Carlton, Kansas; twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren and a sister, Helen McCleary, Florida
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, John; five brothers, Ray, Warren, John, James and Joe Haeckel and three sisters, Fay Bula, Florence Muir, and Jean Reitkerk.

In 1988, Hazel moved to Hays from the farm in Rice County, where she and Orle raised their family. Hazel enjoyed walking and was often seen in downtown Hays visiting local businesses and delivering her homemade cookies.  She was very active in her church, the Hays Public Library, The Hays Arts Council, PEO, and the Kansas Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

She loved music, attending as many concerts and performances as she could.  Hazel always had her music playing while sitting at her loom weaving the many rugs that she gave to friends and organizations. After taking a workshop through the Art Department at Fort Hays State University, Hazel became a part of a small group of local artists and created her own paintings for many years.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Lyons City Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 pm at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and on Saturday from 9:30 am until service time at the church. A parish vigil will be at 6:30 pm. on Friday at the funeral home. 

Memorials are suggested to the Hays Arts Council, the Hays Public Library or the Capuchin Franciscans of Mid America, in care of Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.