Hazel M. Jacobsen-Theel

Background

Jacobsen-Theel, Hazel M. was born on June 1, 1909 in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Julius and Helma Clara (Klug) Mielke.

Education

Student, University Minnesota, 1926-1927;

Bachelor in Science and Education, U. North Dakota, 1930;

postgraduate, University of Minnesota, summers 32-33.

Career

Dining room manager, Lake Side Hotel, Detroit, 1922-1930;

teacher, N St. Paul (Minnesota) Public School system, 1930-1933;

with, Great Northern Railway at Glacier Park Entrance Hotel, summer 1932;

teacher, Department Interior Bureau Indiana Affairs, North Dakota, 1933-1942;

member aircraft assembly line, Higgins Air Craft, Louisiana, 1942-1945;

science teacher, St. Johns (North Dakota) Public School system, 1945-1946;

hardware merchant, Jacobsen Hardware Inc., Minnesota, 1946-1973.

Achievements

• Hazel M. Jacobsen-Theel has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer tour guide of historic places, 1961. Life member, past officer Dakota County History Society. Charter member Dakota County Pioneer Village.

Tour leader Hastings Area, 1960-1989. Founder Hastings Volunteer Group, 1976-1977. Established Albert A. and Hazel M. Jacobsen Memorial Fund U. North Dakota, 1988, Architectural Treasure Hunt, 1994.

Supporter Turtle Mountain Indian Museum, Belcourt, North Dakota, life member, since 1994. Charter member governor appointed Dakota County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Member American Association of University Women, Women's Organisation Minnesota History Society (charter member, officer), Hastings Preservation Commission (charter member), Minnesota Territorial Pioneers(Outstanding award 1987), U. North Dakota Alumni Association (Sioux award 1987), University of Minnesota Alumni Association (life), American Legion Auxiliary (life), Dakota County History Society (research associate), Federation Women North Dakota, Order of the Eastern Star (grand officer North Dakota), 1006 Summit Avenue Society (life, charter).

Interests

• Avocations: avid bridge player, marathon winner dancing, reading, cooking, foreign traveling.

Connections

Married Albert Arthur Jacobsen, June 2, 1933 (deceased June 1984). Children: Harry James, Karen Bel. Married Bruce Theel, January 7, 1989 (deceased December 1992).

Father:

Julius Mielke

Mother:

Helma Clara (Klug) Mielke

Spouse:

Bruce Theel

Spouse:

Albert Arthur Jacobsen

child:

Karen Bel Jacobsen

child:

Harry James Jacobsen