HAZEL C. STANTON

Hazel C. Stanton, age 85, of Columbia City, IN died at 11:17 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Born in Bruceton Mills, WV on December 3, 1922, she was the daughter of Charles T. and Martha M. (Glover) Collins.She attended Bruceton Mills High School, WV. On May 11, 1973, she married Robert R. Stanton in Van Wert, OH. In 1966, she moved from Grafton, WV to Allen County, IN and in 1982, she moved to Whitley County, IN. She worked 16 years with Container Corporation, Fort Wayne, IN retiring in 1983 and she was a member of the VFW# 5582 Auxiliary.Survivors included 3 sons, Charles G. (Claudia) Knight of Round Rock, TX, Richard A. (Kathy) Knight of Albion, IN and Keith C. (Carol) Knight of Eau Claire, WI; 3 daughters, Patricia A. (Kenneth) Foster of Columbia City, IN, Karen S. Young of Lehigh Acres, FL and Linda (Richard) Dignan of Warren, OH; 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James C. Knight, second husband, Robert R. Stanton, grandson, Kenneth D. Foster II, brothers, James, Alvin, Floyd and Harold Collins, and sisters, Margaret Copeman, Gladys Weller and Mildred Collins.Visitation is 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City,IN. Funeral service is 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, 2008 at the funeral home with Pastor Mark Woods of Burr Oak Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove (Compton) Cemetery, Columbia City. Memorial bequests may be given in Mrs. Stantons memory to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana or Parkview Whitley Home Health & Hospice. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. To send condolences, sign the family guest register book, please log on to www.demoneygrimes.com .