March 8, 2007  

BLACK RIVER, N.Y. —  Hazel A. Dunham, 72, of 113 Rodgers Rd., died Wednesday evening, March 7, in the Carthage Area Hospital where she has been a patient since for a month.

Born June 3, 1934, in Garland, Maine, the daughter of the late Ivory A. and the late Ida B. Packard Amazeen, she attended school in Garland, Maine. 

She married Eugene "Ted" E. Dunham on Aug. 2, 1957, in Maine. She was a day care provider, working out of her home for several years in Maine. The couple moved to Black River in August of 1990. Mr. Dunham, a truck driver died on March 28, 1991. 

She lived at Kamargoo Apartments for several years until moving to her daughter’s in December of 2006.

She was a member of the Garland Grange for over fifty years and a member of the National Grange. She enjoyed traveling with her family and volunteered at the Black River Elementary School Bookstore. 

She leaves one daughter and son-in-law, Arlene L. and Frank Harvey of Black River; a son and his wife, Ronald E. and Amanda Dunham of Corinth, Maine; a grandson, Derek Dunham; three granddaughters, Jessica Day and her husband Joshua, Lindsey A. Harvey and Carlie E. Harvey and her fiancée Travis Wright; a brother and his wife, Everett and Corice Amazeen, Garland, Maine; and two nieces, a nephew and a close friend Lori A. May.

A celebration of her life will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 16, at her residence. All are welcome to attend. There will be no calling hours. 

Arrangements are with the Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home, Carthage.   Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery, Corinth, Maine, in the spring.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Black River Ambulance Fund, 121 LeRay St., Black River, N.Y. 13612.

Information provided by Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.