Hazel Grace Best

1910 - 2003  (93 years)

• Name	Hazel Grace Best  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Jun 1910	Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Sep 2003	..., Fergus, Montana   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Central Montana Memorial Gardens, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana   [5]
  Person ID	I65134	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Perry William Best
  Mother	Grace Nellie Lord
  Family ID	F30503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John William Jewell,   b. 23 May 1909, Garneill, Fergus, Montana d. 30 Jun 1999, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1931	Lewistown, Fergus, Montana   [8]
  Children	1. Thomas Jewell   2. Living   3. Gloria Jean Jewell,   b. 31 Dec 1946, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana d. 24 Jul 1971, Kaycee, Johnson, Wyoming (Age 24 years)   4. John Jewell
  Family ID	F30500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Lewistown News-Argus September 20, 2003 Hazel Grace (Best) Jewell, 93, died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 18, 2003, at Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center. She was born June 28, 1910, at Hutchinson, Minn., to Perry and Grace (Lord) Best. The family moved to Montana in 1917 and homesteaded in the Zortman area until they moved to Moore where Hazel attended school. Later the family moved to Straw where they farmed. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1928. On Aug 19, 1931, she married John W. "Jack" Jewell of Judith Gap. They farmed two and one-half miles west of Judith Gap until 1944, when they moved to the Warm Spring Creek/Denton area. In 1959, Hazel and Jack bought the café on the truck bypass in Lewistown, which was known as Jewell's Café. They operated the café until they retired in 1972. Hazel and Jack became "snow birds" and wintered in the southwest until 1999. Survivors include three children, Allie (Whitey) Rosman of Vernon, BC, John (Dianne) Jewell of East Helena, and Thomas (Merrilee) Jewell of Yuma, Ariz.; two brothers Calvin (Sharon) Best of Yuma, and Dale (Julia) Best of Lewistown; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, four great great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack, in 1999; a daughter, Jeanie Bradbury, in 1971; three brothers and two sisters. Hazel had resided at Central Montana Skilled Nursing Center for the past several years. She loved her flower garden and sewing for her grandchildren. She is now at peace in the garden. Inurnment was at Central Montana Memorial Gardens.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S22748] Descendants of William courtesy of Mrs. Wiliam C. Clark. [S48582] 1940 census, Montana, Wheatland county. [S73245] Ancestry.com, The Family Continuum. [S54277] Cemetery index, Central Montana Memorial Gardens, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, (Find-a-Grave). [S19240] Death index, Montana, Hazel Jewell. [S54278] Obituary, Lewistown News-Argus, Hazel Grace Jewell, (September 20, 2003). [S11753] Correspondence with Clarice Courneya.