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Jean M Hattel
April 7, 1923 — July 31, 2004
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JEAN M.
HATTEL, 81, of Cedar Falls and formerly of Manchester, died Saturday, July 31, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born April 7, 1923 in Manchester, the daughter of Luther O. and Edith S. (Anderson) Wiltse. Jean married Thomas E. Hattel, Jr. on December 13, 1941 at Oakland, California. He preceded her in death on March 23, 1981. Jean was a 1941 graduate of Manchester High School and attended business school in Omaha, Nebraska. Her wartime employment was at the naval station in Oakland, California. Jean was a homemaker and worked for eight years at the family grocery business in Belmond, Iowa. She was a dental assistant in Waverly, Iowa and most recently worked for seventeen years at Creative Systems Inc. (formerly Control-O-Fax) in Waterloo, Iowa, retiring in 1985.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Marcia K. Fitzgerald of Grinnell, Iowa and her son, Alan L. (Susan Carson) Hattel of Dubuque, Iowa; three grandchildren, Teresa Marie "Teri" (David) Hoffstetter of Grinnell, Shannon A. (Aaron) Fitzgerald-Schultz of Grinnell and Carson M. (Lisa) Hattel of Clive, Iowa; four great-grandchildren, Michael David "Mick" Hoffstetter, Tanner James Hoffstetter, Alec John Yung Schultz and Alexi Kayleen Soo Schultz; her brother, Gerald Wiltse of Manchester and eleven nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents, a son-in-law, Michael J. Fitzgerald and two sisters-in-law, Norma Willard and Joyce Wiltse.
Funeral services were 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 4, 2004, at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church in Cedar Falls. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Oakland Cemetery in Manchester. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Jean M. Hattel Memorial Fund.
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