Hazel Rissman
Hazel H. Rissman, 92, of Waukon died Friday, March 3, 2017 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, March 6 at First Presbyterian Church in Waukon with Pastor Grant VanderVelden officiating. Burial was at Lansing Ridge Cemetery, rural Lansing.
Hazel Helen Rissman was born May 11, 1924 in Ludlow Township, rural Waukon on the farm of her parents, Clarence and Alvina (Nagel) Klocke. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in rural Postville, attended Ludlow # 7 country school and Waukon High School. Hazel worked as a hired girl for Amanda Stock and Bernice Clark.
November 4, 1943, she married Harvey Rissman at Bethlehem Presbyterian Parsonage. They farmed together in Makee Township before moving into Waukon in 1980. She also worked for the Allamakee School District as the head baker for 13 years and at Northern Engraving. Hazel moved to Evergreen Courts assisted living in 2015.
Before moving to Waukon, she was a member of Lansing Ridge Church, where she was active in ladies aid and taught Sunday school. When Lansing Ridge Church closed, she became a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was active in Rachel Circle, served as a deacon, and was an elder. Hazel was also a member of Thursday Club, American Legion Auxiliary, and a volunteer at Veterans Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed playing cards, gardening, picking berries, baking, following the Waukon Indians, especially her grandchildren’s activities, and watching the Chicago Cubs and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Survivors include her children: Gloria (Ken) Krambeer, Allan (Fern) Rissman and Wayne (Deb) Rissman, all of Waukon; five grandchildren: Brian (Jean) Krambeer, Brad (Becky) Krambeer, Colby (Amy) Rissman, Nick (Lori) Rissman and Amber Rissman; nine great-grandchildren: Ben, Charlie, Konnor and Kaitlyn Krambeer, and Emma, Elyse, Raelynn, Olivia and Carter Rissman; four sisters: Darlene (Neil) Barth of Waukon, Carol Weiland of Cedar Rapids, Angela Kula of Waukon and Linda (Robert) Thompson of Waterville. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey, who died in 1996; a grandson, Adam Lee Rissman; a brother, Niel Klocke; and two siblings in infancy, Walter and Betty.
Honorary casketbearers were Kaitlyn Krambeer, Carter, Elyse, Emma, Olivia and Raelynn Rissman, and her Evergreen Courts family. Casketbearers were Brian, Brad, Ben, Konnor and Charlie Krambeer, and Nick, Amber and Colby Rissman.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.
