Funeral services for Hazel Arnetta McGill, 93, of Albert Lea will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at East Freeborn Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Hernes

will officiate. Interment will be at East Freeborn Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Hazel died Monday, April 28, 2008, at St. John&8217;s Lutheran Home.

Hazel Arnetta McGill was born on Jan. 27, 1915, to Ivo and Eliza (Tapp) Mattingly in Brookings, S.D. She graduated from Alden High School. Hazel married Bill McGill on Nov. 14, 1934, in Glenwood, Iowa. Hazel was a devoted wife and mother and spent her time as a homemaker. She loved sewing and quilting. Hazel was well known for her

wonderful hat collection that she loved to share by attending many churches and groups telling stories, modeling her hats, and sharing the history behind them. She had collected several hundred hats through the years from all over the Freeborn County. Hazel worked at the Alden Advance, Wallace&8217;s in Albert Lea, volunteered at St. John&8217;s for 15 years and worked at the Good Samaritan Center. She was a member of the East Freeborn Church where she served as the custodian and was also active in the altar guild and Circle 3. Hazel also enjoyed crocheting scarves, mittens, and caps.

Survivors include her daughter, Kay and husband Ralph Henderson of Shawnee Mission, Kan., twin grandsons, Charles Henderson of Los Angeles, Calif. and David Henderson of Roland Park, Kan.; sisters-in-law, Jean Mattingly of Albert Lea, Tootie Mattingly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Clara McGill of Albert Lea, and Lula Strecker of Longview, Wash.; sister-in-law Jennie McGill of Wells; brother-in-law, Lawrence and wife Ethel McGill of Albert Lea; nieces, nephews and cousins.

Hazel was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill; sister, Hilda Green; brothers, Dick, Orville, and DeVern Mattingly.