August 17, 1929  – August 29, 2023

Hazel Darlene Prins, age 94, of Dassel, Minn., formerly of Hutchinson and Worthington, died Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota. 

A memorial service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Dassel with Rev. Keith Carlson officiating the service. The interment of the urn will be held on a later date at the Worthington Memorial Gardens in Worthington, Minnesota.

Hazel Darlene (Schelhaas) Prins was born on August 17, 1929, in Edgerton, Minnesota, to Conrad and Ella (Hofkamp) Schelhaas. Hazel grew up in Edgerton where she was baptized and confirmed at the Christian Reformed Church and attended the Edgerton Christian School.

On May 27, 1947, Hazel was united in marriage to Gary Willis Prins at the Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton. Together they made their home in Leota, Minnesota, where they purchased the Leota Café. Hazel and Gary moved to Bellflower, California, where she was employed in food service. Together they moved to a farm near Worthington, later moving to town where she was employed at the Worthington Crippled Children’s School. After selling their home on South Shore Drive, they purchased an acreage near Worthington. At that time, she was employed at Flower Lane as a florist. In 1991, upon retirement, Hazel and Gary purchased a home on Lake Jennie near Dassel, Minnesota.

Hazel loved to fish, was a wonderful cook who enjoyed cooking and serving others. She loved watching the Minnesota Twins, reading recipes, sewing, and making quilts for family and friends. She loved her family with her whole heart, her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were the love of her life. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her children, Aurellia (Lyle) Talley of Dassel, Orrin (Lisa) Prins of Marion, Iowa, four grandchildren, Shalesha (Eric) Olson, Shavon (Jaspreet) Singh, Brittany (Adam) Brown, and Lincoln (Melissa) Prins, eight great-grandchildren, Sydney Olson, Piper Olson, Siya Singh, Sloane Brown, Killian Prins, Emma Prins, Kane Prins, and Ender Prins. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Vi Schelhaas, of Loveland, Colorado.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Prins, her son, Delroy Prins, parents, Conrad and Ella Schelhaas, her siblings: Phyllis (Evert) Krosschell, Albertus (Reona) Schelhaas, Edwin (Sue) Schelhaas, and Glenn Schelhaas, and many others whom she loved dearly.