Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Patrick’s Altar Society or Bates County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Messages of condolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.
Hazel Mae (Hamilton) Lesmeister was born February 7, 1942 to Edward Lester and Antonia Henrietta (Cruzan) Hamilton in Cedar County, Missouri.
Hazel graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1960. She then moved to Kansas City and worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone until her marriage in 1963. Hazel’s husband Donald passed away in May of 2016.
In addition to her husband, Hazel is preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Charles, Don Lee, Kenneth and Lennie, and sister Kathy.
She leaves to mourn her loss her children and their families: son Michael and and wife Debbie Lesmeister and their children Erin and Emily; daughter Jannette Ann Lesmeister with her children Jessica and husband Matt Beabout and their children Skylar and Dylan, Michael Edward Graham and Megan Land and their son Kanon; and son Mark and wife Bonnie Lesmeister and their children Cort and Luke.
Hazel is also survived by her brothers Edward, Byron, Paul, Phillip and Sammie; she also leaves behind her sisters Marjorie, Alice, and Mary. She is also survived by many cousins and in-laws.
