Hazel Evelyn Hegge

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Hazel Evelyn (Brobjorg) Hegge was born September 10, 1923, to parents Nils and Julia (Myhre) Brobjorg. She died February 8, 2014, at Sanford Hospice Cottage following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 2 pm at the East Nidaros Lutheran Church, rural Baltic. Visitation will be held at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic on Wednesday, February 12, from 3 to 7 pm with family present between 5 and 7 pm.

Hazel Evelyn Brobjorg was born September 10, 1923, to parents Nils and Julia (Myhre) Brobjorg. She was born and raised on the family farm near Baltic. As a young girl, she attended the Gardner country school.

On Feb. 4, 1948, she married Arnold Hegge and moved to the Hegge family farm near Garretson, where they lived until Arnold’s death on May 7, 1987. One year later, Hazel moved to an apartment in Baltic, where she lived until her death.

She died February 8, 2014, at Sanford Hospice Cottage following a brief illness.

Hazel was a lifetime member of East Nidaros Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and confirmed. She was also a long-time member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Baltic. Hazel spent many hours helping others, cleaning both homes and businesses. She also worked in the cafeteria at the EROS Data Center. Hazel’s greatest joy was watching her grandchildren play basketball, both home and away. She especially enjoyed traveling to the state tournaments and cheering on the team. She also loved playing bingo, winning big at card games, and taking a quick trip to Flandreau to check out the nickel machines. One of Hazel’s greatest accomplishments was hand embroidering baby blankets for her great-grandchildren, as well as making many sets of dish towels and pillow cases.

Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold; her son, Kent; her parents; and ten brothers and two sisters: Marvin (infant), Marvin, Norman, Orvald, Alice (Oien) Solbak, Roy, Ernest, Harry, Arnold, Jennings, Mae Nesheim, and Clifford.

Grateful for having shared her life are her daughter, Carol (Stephen) Johnson of Baltic and her children, Nicole Matthies of Sioux Falls, Josh Farley (Cindy) of Burlington, NJ, and Brianna (Scott) Rick of Baltic; daughter-in-law Kathy Hegge of Baltic and her children, Kassy (Dusty) Thorpe of Aberdeen, Karly (Doug Nohava) Hegge of Garretson, Kyle Hegge of Vermillion, Chelsey (Tyler) Koenig of Baltic; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and three sisters-in-law, Helen Brobjorg of Baltic, Marie Brobjorg of Baltic, and Maurine Brobjorg of Pipestone, MN.