Arthur Hazlett
Arthur Frank Hazlett of Waimea died Nov. 22, 1999, at the age of 60. He was born Nov. 13, 1936, in Brackenridge, Penn., and lived on Kaua’i from 1968 to 1979 and from 1985 to his death.
Mr. Hazlett served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1958, stationed in New York, Iowa and Korea. He attended Northrop Institute of Technology, Inglewood, and graduated from the University of LaVerne, both in California. He was employed by the U.S. Navy from March 1961 until his retirement in January 1996. He worked as a Communications Technician at Long Beach Naval Shipyard; in the Timing and Scheduling Centers and as a Program Manager for Fleet Operations at Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, Calif.; and as a Program Manager for Navy, Marine and Army operations, and for the AEGIS Weapons System operations at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands.
Mr. Hazlett was married to Annelle Flesner, at Monona, Iowa, on July 31, 1960. They lived in various Southern California cities before moving to Kaua’i in 1968. They returned to California in 1979 due to family illnesses, and they moved back to Kaua’i in 1985 after the deaths of his father, Arthur Frank Hazlett, Sr. and his mother-in-law, Beulah Flesner.
He was active in his church; volunteered with his children’s Scout troops and the high school band; was an avid golfer, enjoyed traveling, and was a member of the West Kaua’i Lion’s Club.
Preceding him in death were his father, his mother, Signe Hazlett; and his brother, William Knox.
He is survived by his wife, Annelle; two sons, Anthony (Sue) Madison, Wisc., and Alexander (Karen), Honolulu; one daughter Alicia (Bill) Hartsell, Kekaha; two grandchildren, Annalissa and Devon Hartsell; father-in-law, Merlin (Doris) Flesner, Tucson, Ariz.; brother-in-law, Charles (Norma) Graybill, Hiawatha, Iowa; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in Pennsylvania.
A memorial service will be conducted by Rev. John Lunn, at Koloa Union Church in January. Arrangements are being handled by Borthwick/Kaua’i Mortuary.
