Knott, Hazel

Hazel L. Knott passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. She will be missed by family and friends more than words can say. Services at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the Kenwood Park United Methodist Church. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 4 to 6 p.m. today (Sunday).

She was born in Delhi on Nov. 5, 1917. She went to school in Delhi and Lenox College in Hopkinton. She worked as a teacher until she started a family. Hazel went to work at Collins Radio in 1954. She retired in 1982 and spent to the next 20 years volunteering and taking care of grandchildren.

She spent the last four years at Keystone Cedars where she added to her family of friends. She left behind three children, Patricia Lahr and Carol Strong of Cedar Rapids and Gary Knott of Osage Beach, Mo., grandchildren; Gretchen Morgan of Denver, Colo., Erin Sturtz of Lake Zurich, Ill., Weston Lahr of Sherwood, Ore., and great-grandchildren, Henry, Sylvie and Morgan; 6 wonderful in-laws, Jim Lahr, Steve Strong, Sheri Knott, Stephen Morgan, Jason Sturtz and Charlotte Ljungkrantz, and a sister, Aileen Anderson of Cedar Falls. She was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters, Mildred Gaddie, Hubert, Bob and Delbert Grapes, Letha Bacon, Bernita Gray and Wilma Harbach.

Hazel was an amazing mother, a more amazing grandmother, the hardest-working member of the family. Even after she retired from Collins Radio, she worked full-time volunteering for her church and other organizations in Cedar Rapids. She was one of the Heroes recognized at the Fourth of July celebrations in Cedar Rapids. She received volunteer awards from the governor and she was adored by her family.

Memorial donations may be given to the Alzheimer's Foundation in Hazel's name. Please leave a message or tribute to the Knott family on our Web page, www.

cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.