Hazel Sheehan

Hazel Sheehan Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Two O?clock pm Monday October 30, 2006 at St. Anthony Catholic Church with Father Mark Dunne officiating. A Rosary service will be held at Seven O?clock pm Sunday at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home 1617 Judson Road with Father Mark Dunne officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood Park Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mrs. Sheehan passed away Saturday October 28, 2006 in Longview. As a young woman during World War II Hazel worked in an aircraft parts plant in Southampton, England. She met her future husband, Jeremiah Sheehan in Southampton and was married on February 24, 1945. In 1946 she left England with her first child to be reunited with her husband in Midland, Pennsylvania. In 1953, the family, now four in number, moved to East Texas. Over the next four years two more sons were born. She became a convert to the Catholic Church in 1954. The family moved to Longview in 1955 and joined St. Anthony Catholic Church. Hazel was active in many church functions. She was an Officer in the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a proud member of the Daughters of the British Empire. Hazel?s loves and talents were unending and included camping, fishing, gardening, ceramics, baking, sewing not to mention her love for animals both domestic and wild. Many a bride had Hazel to thank for a handmade wedding dress or wedding cake. But her greatest love was gardening. If Hazel planted it, it grew and grew and grew. If you came to visit you knew you would be welcomed with a smile, fresh baked goods and a cup of tea. She was a volunteer at Longview Regional Hospital. She owned and operated her own ceramic business known as the Candlestick House. She is survived by her four sons, Michael Brendan Sheehan and wife Mary of Corpus Christi, TX.; Daniel John Sheehan of Longview, TX.; Jeremiah Brendan Sheehan of Longview, TX.; Kevin Patrick Sheehan and wife Kelly of Longview, TX,; sister Greta Fisher of Saugus, CA.; brother, Brian Oppitz and wife Winnie of Havant, England, nine grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. She was loved and will be missed by her brother, and sister, her children and their spouses, her grandchildren and great grandchildren, along with her many friends. Mom will be welcomed to heaven by her husband, Jeremiah, and we are certain he will have the kettle boiling for another great cup of tea.

Hazel Sheehan

April 7, 1922 - October 28, 2006