Mr. Stanley Seamans Hazen

Our beloved Stanley Hazen died on March 4, 2023 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was the son of Harold Locke Hazen and Katherine Salisbury Hazen and was born on July 29, 1929, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts, and graduated from Williams College in 1951 with a degree in Physics. Stan remained an enthusiastic alumnus of the college all of his life. He was back on the Williams campus in January of each year between 1987 and 1997 because he had been invited to teach photography as part of the college's Winter Study Program. He very much enjoyed his teaching and the chance to again be part of the life of the college.

Stan was drafted into the United States Army and spent the years of 1952 to 1954 at Maryland's Aberdeen Proving Ground, where he worked in the Ballistics Research Laboratory. While there he made several lifelong friends and also developed his keen interests in Choral Singing and Amateur Radio. He was discharged from the Army as a Corporal.

Stan continued his formal education at Boston University, where he earned a Master's in Aerial Photography in 1957. He was the first civilian to attain this degree, which segued into his employment at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York. His original position at Kodak was as a research physicist; later he became a patent agent, and he also taught photographic science at Kodak. His work at Kodak reinforced his lifelong love of photography.

He had a great love of choral singing dating from his time in the Army, when he sang with the Handel Choir of Baltimore. Once back in the Boston area, Stan sang with Chorus Pro Musica. And after several years in Rochester, he joined the Rochester Oratorio Society, a group he sang with for 31 years. Stan had a deep bass voice and sometimes referred to himself as a "third bass". He sang with many groups throughout his life, including Rochester's Opera under the Stars, The Oratorio Society of Virginia in Charlottesville, and Berkshire Choral International in western Massachusetts, where he met Sheila, who became his third wife in 1997, two years after they met. They had 25 happy years together.

From the time he built his first homemade radio as a teenager, Stan loved Amateur Radio. He was an active member of RARA (Rochester Amateur Radio Association), and then after his move to Charlottesville in 1997, he enjoyed participation in AARC (Albemarle Amateur Radio Club). He served as President of both these organizations, and also as President of the local chapter of QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Association).

Stan's longtime love of foreign languages helped him during his many trips to Europe, where he was able to use his Italian and German.

His big retirement project was updating a 1947 publication, The Hazen Family in America. This work involved tracking down and cataloging thousands of descendants of his original immigrant ancestor, Edward Hazen, who came from England to Rowley, Massachusetts, in the 1630s. As part of this project, Stan also met and visited with as many Hazens as he could, which he found immensely rewarding.

Stan was predeceased by his first two wives, Mary Denaro Hazen and Phyllis Marietta Hazen, and also by his sister, Martha Locke Hazen. His third wife, Sheila Raymond Hazen, survives him as do his siblings, Nathan Lord Hazen of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Anne Hazen Bowen of Salisbury, Connecticut. His surviving children are Edward Grant Hazen of Fall City, Washington, and Ellen Katherine Hazen of Weston, Massachusetts. He also is survived by three grandchildren: Alexandra Carpenter, Benjamin Carpenter, and C J Carpenter of Weston, Massachusetts.

The family will receive guests from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Teague Funeral Service on Ivy Road in Charlottesville. A memorial service will follow at 3:00 PM in the same location. The family welcomes all who would like to attend both live and virtually. Because of technical difficulties, should you wish to attend virtually, please go to Ellen Hazen's Facebook page to view the live stream.

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In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Stan's memory to Albemarle Amateur Radio Association, P. O. Box 6833, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906, or to a local choral group of your choice.