Submitted by: Dan Rich

Hazel Jean Lorence

Jan. 21, 1925 - Feb. 16, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/17/1994

MISHAWAKA - Hazel Jean Lorence, 69, of 511 E. Broadway St., died at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday in the home of her son on Ash Road, Osceola, after an illness. Mrs. Lorence retired in 1979 from Goldblatt's Department Store after 20 years of service. She was born Jan. 21, 1925, in Mishawaka, and was a lifelong area resident.

On June 26, 1964, in Mishawaka, as Hazel Wenman, she married Francis Lorence. He died in 1989. She is survived by two daughters, Susan K. Bradford of Mishawaka and Diana J. Pearson of Edwardsburg; three sons, Jonathan E. Montel of Osceola, Mark F. Montel of Springfield, Va., and Francis L. Lorence of Hampton, Va.; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Forrest W. Wenman of Baroda. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Eagles Auxiliary 2083, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 360, American Legion Auxiliary Post 161, and Daughters of Union Veterans Helena Wolfe Tent No. 7.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the church choir.