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Hazen -- Arthur G. Hazen, Jr. died at his home in Escondido, California on June 26, 2002. He was born in Mosquero, New Mexico on September 21, 1922 to Arthur G. Hazen Sr., and Cora Moore Hazen. He attended school there until his graduation from high school in 1941. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Leone Hazen Seidel of Springer, NM and Glenna Hazen Green of Springer, NM and also two sisters, Cora Shirley Hazen and Patsy Jo Hazen who died in early childhood during a measles epidemic. After high school, he worked for the Farm Credit in Wichita, Kansas, and also enjoyed being a rodeo bull rider. His attendance at UNM in Albuquerque on a basketball scholarship was interrupted when he enlisted in the Army during World War II. Initially, he served in the African-Middle Eastern campaign, and then went into France with the Normandy invasion. The itinerary of his AAA Group with VII Corps shows that from a foxhole on Utah Beach on D-Day, until V-E Day, that the unit marched 1359 miles across France, Belgium and Germany. He suffered serious medical problems while wintering at the Battle of the Bulge. However, he then was attached to any Army Unit that continued into Germany and were initial liberators of two concentration camps. After the war, he married Doris Roberts and settled in Albuquerque to rear their six children. He pursued a career in sales, eventually moving to California in 1968. In California, he became a cattle rancher and horse trainer. He also became an avid square dancer, and it was at a dance in 1974 that he met his current wife, Patricia, of Escondido. He spent 17 years as a Park Ranger at Dixon Lake for the City of Escondido. During that time, he and his wife, Patricia took in 126 foster children."Grandpa" always tried to instill positive virtues and good behavior in his foster kids, realizing that he might be their most important family at that time. He was a devoted father to his own children, and a loving grandfather to 30 natural grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He enjoyed sharing treasures from his desk with the young ones, teaching of his life. He will be best remembered for his depression-era love of all small possessions and the World War II-era value he placed on each and every day of life. If you would like to attend service call 505-281-2452
        Published on: Tue August 06, 2002