Hazel Anne Thooft, 7 year old daughter of Matthew and Bernadette Thooft of rural Lucan, passed away in a house fire Wednesday, December 4, 2013.  Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 13 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Wabasso.  Visitation is 4:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the church with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m.  Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.  Burial is in St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetery.   Stephens Funeral Service – Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Hazel Anne Thooft was born April 5, 2006 in Hutchinson, MN to Matthew and Bernadette (DeCann) Thooft.  She was currently in the 2nd grade at St. Anne’s Catholic School in Wabasso.  Hazel loved school, her teachers, and classmates.  She enjoyed reading and drawing pictures for people, and was a good artist.  Hazel loved to dance and sing.  She liked to help people and enjoyed fundraising for the school and church, calling people herself and going door to door.  Hazel loved cartoons and made Minion voices from “Despicable Me”.  Hazel was very independent, often choosing her own mismatched clothing and wearing several shirts at a time.  She liked to do things her own way.

Hazel is survived by her parents Matt and Bernadette Thooft; siblings: Zachary, 11, her twin brother Augustus, 7, Maxwell, 4, Abigail, 4, and Beatrice Grace, 2; grandparents Leona Thooft of Tyler and Barbara DeCann of Belview (formerly of Osakis); godparents Mary Benson of Castroville, TX, and Valerie Koelln of Hutchinson; many aunts and uncles; and other relatives and friends.  She is preceded in death by two infant siblings, grandfathers Amandus Thooft and Don DeCann, and brother Isaiah.