Obituary of Hazel Elliott

ELLIOTT, Hazel February 4, 1943 – January 19, 2024 In the early morning hours of January 19, 2024, with grandson Joel at bedside, Hazel E.L. Elliott passed away after a lengthy battle with dementia while being cared for by the wonderful staff of Century Park in Vegreville, AB at the age of 80 years. Hazel was born in Port Hope, ON in February of 1943. She spent most of her life in Trenton, ON with a loving family. She met her husband, Reginald Elliott and moved to Edmonton, AB in 1976, where they married in December of 1982. Hazel found joy in her work as a bank teller and loans officer as well as being a mother and wife, while later in life, Hazel found ultimate joy in being a grandmother, aunt, and an avid crafter. Hazel is preceded in death by her parents, Walter Burton Longhurst and Margaret Longhurst; her siblings Margaret Florence Miller and Ralph “Randy” Burton Longhurst; and two stepchildren Ruth Elliott and Karl Elliott. Hazel is survived by her husband Reginald Elliott; daughter Deborah Lavigne (husband Mike Lavigne); sister Patricia Suzanne Alexander; and five stepchildren Sherri-Lee Seeley (husband Rick Seeley), Sharon Mindle (husband Orval Mindle), Lois Post, Kenneth Elliott (wife Julie Elliott), and Shelley Briscoe (husband Scott Briscoe). She was the proud grandmother of eleven grandchildren, great-grandmother of twenty-six great- grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren, as well as a loving aunt to ten nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life is to be held at a later date. If desired, donations may be made to the “Salvation Army Canada” or “Canadian Cancer Society” in memory of Hazel.