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Hazel Chapman Obituary
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Hazel Christine Chapman, age 84, of Crestwood, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.
She was born on Aug. 28, 1940, in Oldham County. She was the second of four children to the late Claude Sr. and Agnes St. Claire Purvis.
In 1961, she married and raised three children.
Hazel worked at several hotels supervising
housekeeping, then at Cedar Lake Lodge for several years. Later, she cleaned homes in the Louisville area.
Earlier in the 1970's she won a state championship for skeet shooting at the Oldham County Sportsman Club.
She is preceded in death by her siblings, Claude Purvis Jr., Frances Powell and James Purvis.
Left to cherish the memory of Hazel are her children, Bruce Cotton (Janet), Susan Hamilton and Leslie Cotton Gaddis; five grandchildren, J. Todd Hamilton, Jared N. Cotton, Jeremy A. Cotton and Sheila Kay Gaddis; four great-grandchildren, Kaegan J. Hamilton, DJ Terry Jr., Kyson M. Cotton and Laney Hamilton; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
A celebration of Hazel's life will be held at Heady-Radcliffe Funeral Home in La Grange on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, at 3 p.m. Burial will follow in Harrods Creek Cemetery in Brownsboro, Ky. Visitation will be at the funeral home immediately before the service starting at noon.
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