Mary "Hazel" Amanda MIERS ¹

   Other names for Mary were Mrs. Marvin Merle HARVEY and Mrs. Mary "Hazel" Amanda HARVEY.

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  General Notes:

Hazel and Marvin were farmers living on and owning several different
farms over a period of time and in various Iowa locations. The last farm
they owned was near Bussy, Iowa. After retiring from the farm, Hazel
worked in a hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Marvin worked for Pella
Rollscreen, which makes windows, in Pella, Iowa. They retired again and
in 1975 moved to Pella, Iowa, where they eventually died. Hazel was a
member of First Baptist Church at Pella.

Hazel and Marvin are both buried in Knoxville, Graceland Cemetery, Marion
Co., Iowa, Section 9 (North part of old cemetery), Lot 2.

Lucille Miers Webster stayed at Hazel and Marvin's farm a week every
summer for many summers and had a very good time. That time was very
special to Lucille who liked to gather eggs, wash the milk/cream
seperator and go after the cows with her cousins. Sometimes, many of the
Harvey's neighbors would be at the Harvey's farm, near Bussey, Iowa, to
help with threshing. That was fun. In the middle of the morning and
middle of the afternoon, sandwitches and lemonade and ice tea would be
made and taken to the men and boys who were in the fields working.
Lucille's Aunt Hazel cooked and the other farm women brought food, cakes,
pies, cookies, fried chicken, corn on the cob, and much more for a large
meal at noontime. The men and boys would come in from the field for
dinner, which is what the noon meal was called then, and wash up at the
old pump out in the yard near the house. Boards would be stretched across
sawhorses to provide a long table for the men and boys to sit at while
they ate. After they were finished, the women and girls, who were
working in the kitchen, ate in the house. Everyone helped. Lucille
liked chicken hearts so her Aunt Hazel saved them for her. Once, 26
hearts were saved for Lucille. Lucille loved her aunt's corn on the cob
and iced tea, later trying to duplicate the iced tea taste for her
family. Once, Lucille was bragging about how good the corn on the cob
was and to prove it, ate 12 ears, each one close to 10 inches long.
Lucille was so sick of corn that she couldn't eat another bite of it for
years. Later, howeve, it tasted just as good as it always had.
Hazel and Marvin also owned an upright player piano which was a real
winner for Lucille. She would sit and play that piano and sing the songs
it played until, she is sure, the whole family must have been tired of
hearing her but noone ever complained. Being on the farm and watching
farmers work from sun up until sun down taught Lucille that farmers do a
lot of hard work. More than Lucille cared to do when she grew up. So,
while farmers may not want to do anything else, she decided that her life
would revolve around the city where jobs were much shorter and left more
time for fun activities.

Marvin's father was a brother to Ike Harvey, husband of Myrtle Harvey,
Lulu Miers' sister.

Hazel died at Pella Community Hospital, Pella, Marion County, Iowa. Her
funeral was held at VanDyk-Duven Funeral Home with Dr. Gary Smith
officiating. Pallbearers were James and Thomas Walker, Mariln's sons,
Ken De Vos (her great-granddaughter was Kelby Jess De Vos), Vince
Nossaman, Christopher Tola (Mary's son from her first marriage), and
Larry Estavez (Mary's husband).

References: (1) Data for Hazel and Marvin, their children and
grandchildren was provided by personal knowledge of Lucille Miers
Webster. (2) Hazel and Marvin's daughter, Mary Harvey Estavez. (3)
Wanda Goering Anderson, granddaughter of Velta Miers Kunkel. (4) Myrtle
Van Loon, Knoxville, Iowa, provided data used in this genealogy in
August, 1999 and in Sept. 1999, about the Smith family, the Etchers and
BNS Smith's daughter, Jenny Roebuck and her family and the Harveys. (5)
Record of Births Marion County, Iowa, 1897-1918 (at Knoxville, Iowa),
Book 6, page 343. (6) Newspaper obituary. (7) Data received from
Myrtle VanLoon, daughter of Stanley Earl Smith, brother to Orville and
sister to Ruth who collected family history data. When Ruth died, Myrtle
acquired Ruth's data. Myrtle gave Lucille (Miers) Webster the family
history data to make copies on April 6, 2000 at Myrtle's home in
Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa. (8) Cemeteries of Marion County, Iowa,
1776-1976 book by Marion Co. Genealogical society, published by R.C.
Booth Enterprises, Harlan, Iowa, with a publication date of 1974.

Mary married Marvin Merle HARVEY on 23 Oct 1929 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, USA. (Marvin Merle HARVEY was born on 2 Nov 1907 in Harvey, Marion Co., Iowa/Marion Co., IA, died on 4 Mar 1988 in Pella, Marion Co., Iowa and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Iowa, Block 10, Lot 2.)