Hazel M. Sharp, of Western Springs, IL, passed away on January 19, 2023, after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 94 years old.

Visiting hours will be held at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W 55th St, Countryside, on Thursday, January 26 from 3 to 9 p.m. Hazel will lie-in-state from 10 a.m. until the time of her funeral service, 11 a.m. on Friday, January 27 at Lyonsville Congregational Church, 6871 Joliet Rd., Indian Head Park, IL. Interment will follow immediately at Lyonsville Cemetery.

Hazel was born in 1928 to Walter and Ruth Martin in then LaGrange, IL. After graduating from Lyons Township High School, she went on to study at Oberlin College.

Hazel worked at the Eversharp Pen Corporation, located in Chicago. There she met and married Thomas H. Sharp.

The couple relocated to Cleveland, OH, when Tom took a sales position with the Henfield Company, known for its wholesale line of jewelry. Hazel took a position as an operator with Ohio Bell. While in Cleveland they had two sons, Kim and Thomas Jr. In 1954 they moved to then LaGrange, to be near Hazel’s parents who built and managed the Wolf Road Mobile Home Park and Tom’s mother, Frances, a nurse working and living in Chicago.

In addition to being a devoted and loving mother, Hazel was active in her community and the Lyonsville Congregational Church which was founded in part by her mother’s family, the Vials, in 1843. She took over management of the mobile home park when her parents retired. Walter passed away in 1968.

Tom and Hazel divorced in 1978. After the mobile home park was sold to the developer of Ridegewood Acres, she took a position at Marshall Fields in the Women’s Department and Housewares. She moved on to Daubert Industries in Oak Brook, IL where her office overlooked Butler National Golf Course. She rose to the position of Vice President of Administration for the ECP division. She left the firm to care for her mother. Following Ruth’s death, Hazel devoted many decades of service to the Lyonsville Church and the Flagg Creek Heritage Society which included preservation of the Robert Vial House and establishment of the associated museum.

Hazel was pre-deceased by her parents and her brother, Wallace Martin of Toledo, OH. She is survived by her sons, her brother, Charles Eugene (Gene) Martin, and his daughter, Beth Servello and two great grand nieces, Beth’s daughters, Olivia and Emelia of Altoona, PA.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Lyonsville Cemetery Association (https://lyonsvillecemetery.org/ ) and the Flagg Creek Heritage Society (https://www.flaggcreekheritagesociety.com/).

Funeral information: (708) 352-6500