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Turner, Hazel
Full NameTURNER, Rev Hazel Ethel (Sr Hazel)
Date of Birth12 December 1914Date of Death20 January 1997Biography
Educated at Napier Girl’s High School then a year in a commercial college.
Entered a clerical career. Heavily involved with the Young Women’s Bible Class Movement.
Experienced the Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931 and experienced first-hand the family and community trauma at the time.
Deaconess College 1946-1948 — paid for her own tuition and board for the last two years of her training.
Presbyterian Support Services Association, Assistant Secretary, Hawkes Bay 1 August 1961
Ordained as a minister of the Word and Sacrament on 6 April 1975. Her preaching was always thoughtful, her sermons well prepared and most acceptable. She was a lady of culture, with many interests. Her home and garden were always in immaculate condition consistent with her meticulous attention to detail in all other aspects of her life.” (from Obituary)
Date of Birth12 December 1914Date of Death20 January 1997Biography- born 12 December 1914 Napier
- daughter of Herbert John TURNER and Charlotte NOONE (married 1910)
- brother of Rev Harold Walter TURNER
- daughter of Herbert John TURNER and Charlotte NOONE (married 1910)
- died 20 January 1997 at home in Havelock North.
Educated at Napier Girl’s High School then a year in a commercial college.
Entered a clerical career. Heavily involved with the Young Women’s Bible Class Movement.
Experienced the Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931 and experienced first-hand the family and community trauma at the time.
Deaconess College 1946-1948 — paid for her own tuition and board for the last two years of her training.
- Deaconess First Church Dunedin — appointed 10 January 1949
- Deaconess, St Andrews, Palmerston North 1954 — resigned 31 July 1958 to look after her mother.
Presbyterian Support Services Association, Assistant Secretary, Hawkes Bay 1 August 1961
- Deaconess St Andrew’s, Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay 19 November 1970
- Ordained Assistant Minister, Waipukurau 6 April 1975 — retired 21 January 1980
Ordained as a minister of the Word and Sacrament on 6 April 1975. Her preaching was always thoughtful, her sermons well prepared and most acceptable. She was a lady of culture, with many interests. Her home and garden were always in immaculate condition consistent with her meticulous attention to detail in all other aspects of her life.” (from Obituary)
Turner, Hazel. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 11/12/2024, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/112769
