My daughter, Josephine wrote and read the following at the sprinklingof her grandmother's ashes: WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO OURBELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND, HAZEL CLOSE. I WOULD LIKE TOTELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF MY GRANDMOTHER. ONEOF MY MOST FAVORITE MEMORIES IS OF THE THANKSGIVING'S WE SPENT WITHHER HERE IN THIS VERY HOUSE. SHE WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING ALL CLEAN ANDHAVE THE TABLE SET VERY PRETTY. THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A RUSH AT THELAST MINUTE TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO BE PUT ON THE TABLE AT THESAME TIME. THEN WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND ENJOY THE NICE THANKSGIVINGFEAST. AFTER DINNER WE WOULD ALL HELP DOING THE DISHES AND TALK ABOUTTHE DAY. WE SPENT CHRISTMAS HERE AS WELL AND AS USUAL HER HOUSE WASALL DECORATED. WHEN I WAS 18, I MOVED IN HERE WITH GRANDMA. SHESEEMED TO ENJOY HAVING SOMEONE AROUND TO DO THINGS FOR. BEFORE IFOUND A JOB, SHE WOULD LOOK THROUGH THE CLASSIFIEDS AND HELP ME TOPICK OUT SOMETHING CLOSE. ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS WAS WITH HER HELP. ITWAS AT AN EXCHANGE SERVICE. SHE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE MY BREAKFAST ANDSIT AND CHAT WITH ME BEFORE WORK, I WOULD COME HOME AND SHE WOULDHAVE DINNER FOR ME. SHE LOVED TO PAMPER ME. I WOULD COME HOME ANDALL MY CLOTHES WOULD BE WASHED AND DRIED. SHE WAS TRULY THE LOVINGAND GIVING GRANDMOTHER I HOPE ONE DAY TO BECOME. GRANDMA WAS ASLOVING AS SHE WAS FEISTY. SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN, I GUESS THAT'S WHEREI GET IT FROM, I KNOW I GET MY LOOKS FROM HER SIDE. AS A YOUNGCHILD, MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF HER WAS THE TIME SHE TOOK ME TO KNOTT'SBERRY FARM. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HER AS KIDS AND SHE ALWAYSLOVED TO SEE US. SHE ENJOYED MAKING US HAPPY, WE USED TO GO TO THEBOWLING ALLEY, THE DRIVE-IN AND OUT TO DINNER ALL THE TIME WITH HER.GRANDMA WAS ALWAYS SMILING SHOWING OFF THOSE DIMPLES OF HERS. SHEALWAYS SEEMED TO BE HAPPY. I AM HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THE CHILD IAM CARRYING WILL BE BORN ON HER BIRTHDAY AND HAVE HER DIMPLES. FORTHE PAST FEW MONTHS GRANDMA WAS REALLY BAD AND NOT COHERENT AT ALL.ME AND KAREN WOULD GO TO SEE HER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND SHE NEVERSPOKE TO US AND RARELY OPENED HER EYES. THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER WETOLD HER THAT IT WAS OK TO GO AND BE WITH GOD AND LIVE A NEW BEAUTIFULLIFE...WE COULD NOT STAND TO SEE HER JUST LAYING THERE..I BENT OVERAND GAVE HER 3 KISSES IN A ROW ON HER FOREHEAD AND SHE MADE A NOISE ASIF TO BE SAYING THANK YOU AND GOODBYE AT THE SAME TIME...THAT WAS ON AFRIDAY AND THE NEXT WEDNESDAY WE RECEIVED THE CALL FROM THE HOSPITALTHAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY. SHE HAD EATEN ALL OF HER DINNER (WHICH SHEALWAYS DID) AND TAKEN HER MEDICINE AND PASSED AWAY IN HER SLEEP.AFTER THE CALL JOE DROVE ME AND KAREN TO THE HOSPITAL TO SAY OUR FINALGOODBYES, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HER. I TRULY FEEL THAT SHE ISWITH US RIGHT THIS MOMENT AND SHE IS WATCHING THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE HERCOME TOGETHER TO SAY GOODBYE. KNOWING GRANDMA LIKE I THINK I DID SHEWOULD BE HAPPY TO BE PLACED HERE IN THE ROSE BUSHES THAT SHE HERSELFPLANTED 40 SOME YEARS AGO. SHE WAS ALWAYS CONTENT WORKING IN HERGARDEN. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND HER MEMORYWILL LIVE ON IN OUR REMEMBERENCE OF HER AND THE BEAUTIFUL LADY SHETRULY WAS. I WILL MISS YOU GRANDMA AND FOREVER REMEMBER YOU...I LOVEYOU.