LISBON FALLS – LaDonna Rae Hazen, 56, passed away at her residence on Dec. 1, after a brief battle with cancer.

She was born on Dec. 18, 1948, in Marinette, Wis., the daughter of the late Hilbert August and Myrtle Bernice Nass. She was educated and graduated from Wisconsin schools, and went onto college to receive her bachelor’s degree.

She then married her soul mate, Larry D. Hazen, on Nov. 13, 1971, in Menomonie, Wis. LaDonna most recently worked for St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston as a dietician with food service; she also did this for many years at the Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick and had worked seasonally at Wilbur’s Candy.

She was a member of the Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Brunswick. She had a great love for gardening, cooking and the outdoors, but above all her greatest love and devotion was to her family, especially her grandchildren. LaDonna will be remembered as always having a smile on her face. She was a congenial woman, extremely friendly and outgoing.

Survivors include her loving husband, Larry D. Hazen, of 34 years; her two daughters, Nicole Richards and husband, Robin, of California and Narisa Hernandez of Texas; son, Derrick Hazen and wife, Jennifer, of Sabattus; three grandchildren, Senoah Rae-Ann Richards, 7, Riley Joseph Richards, 4, and Jose Deah-Shin Hernandez, 6; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Bleed of Minnesota.

She was predeceased by her parents.

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