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Hazel Evelyn (Dillon) Underwood, age 90, took her first steps on the streets of gold Friday afternoon, June 9, 2023. 

Hazel was born January 1, 1933 to the late John and Ollie (Cline) Dillon. As a child she was a member of the Perryton Church of Christ, where she met her future husband, Harrison. She graduated from Frazeysburg High School in 1951 and enrolled in the Cincinnati Bible Seminary, where Harrison was also a student. They married on April 19, 1952. Hazel invested her time in supporting her husband and raising their five children while Harrison finished school and began a preaching ministry that spanned 60 years. In 1961, Hazel began attending classes at night and in the summer to get her teaching degree, graduating from Ashland College (now Ashland University) in 1971. She taught for thirty years in schools in Ohio and Kentucky, teaching in elementary and junior high grades and later becoming a reading specialist.