Hazel Wingert, Mitchell, passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at Avera Prince of Peace Assisted Living in Sioux Falls, 101 years, five months and 12 days old.
Funeral services were Thursday, Dec. 19 at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in Mitchell. Visitation was Wednesday evening with a prayer service at the Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Hazel Annie Wingert was born on July 2, 1912 at her uncle’s farm south of Spencer, to John Ernest and Ellen Sophie (Larson) Wilson.
On Oct. 5, 1931 she married Joseph Wingert at Huron.  They farmed for many years, mostly in the Artesian area.  After a move to Mitchell, she worked at the Methodist Hospital for several years and later at Dakota Wesleyan University with her husband.
She is survived by one son, Lewis (Barbra) Wingert, Sioux Falls; a daughter-in-law, Louise Wingert, Mackay, Idaho; a sister, Sylvia Jolin, Vancouver, Wash.; a sister-in-law, Florence Wilson, Mitchell; six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter; a son, Raymond; three brothers,  Carroll, Lloyd and Roy Wilson; and one sister, Lucille Wilson.