HAZEL M. HECKATHORNE CANNON, 80

EAST LIVERPOOL – Hazel M. Heckathorne Cannon, longtime owner and operator of the former Dresden Avenue Dairy Queen, passed away at the East Liverpool City Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 80.

Born at home in East Liverpool on March 9, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Loran Elsie and Lillie Belle Hammerick Heckathorne. A 1954 graduate of East Liverpool High School, she had belonged to its Alumni Association for many years.

Hazel was a lifetime member of the First Church of the Nazarene in East Liverpool. Before her illness limited her activities, she had bowled with the Tri-State Queens and Breakfast League, and enjoyed playing cards with the Canasta Cats card club.

Her son, Jerry Cannon, and his wife, Wendy, survive in East Liverpool. There are three grandchildren: Greg, Katie and Marc. Hazel also leaves behind a brother, George Heckathorne, and his wife, Helen, along with several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were two brothers, Charles Heckathorne and Gerald Heckathorne.

Pastor David Peterson will officiate at services to be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Dawson Funeral Home.

Friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Burial will take place at Columbiana County Memorial Park.