Hazel Horton Burritt
b. 1915, d. 1976
- Father: Bailey B. Burritt
- Hazel Horton Burritt was born in 1915.
- She married Irving Arthur Oehler, son of Arthur Oscar Oehler and Louise Hoffman, on 1 May 1937 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, at 16 Prospect Drive.
- The following appeared on 3 May 1937 in The Herald Statesmen: Miss Hazel Horton Burritt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey B. Burritt of 16 Prospect Drive [Yonkers] was married Saturday at her home to Irving A. Oehler, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Oehler of Buffalo.
The Rev. H. Otheman Smith, pastor of the Baptist Church of the Redeemer, officiated at the ceremony which was followed by a reception.
The bride wore her mother's wedding dress of white silk and her grandmother's lace veil. She carried an old-fashioned bouquet.
Her maid of honor, Miss Marion Jones, was in pink chiffon with a bouquet of flowers in pastel shades. Clarence Cabel of Buffalo was Mr. Oehler's best man.
The bride's sister, Miss Alice Burritt, played the "Lohengrin" wedding march, and with her other sister, Miss Ruth Burritt, the Mendelssohn wedding march. A third sister, Mrs. Clifford Baker of Dayton, O., was among the guests of the wedding also, having come East especially to attend.
After a wedding trip the couple will live in Buffalo. The bride attended Swarthmore College. Mr. Oehler, who received his doctor's degree in metallurgy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is in business in Buffalo. - Irving Arthur Oehler became a widower at her death.
- Hazel Horton Burritt died in 1976.
- The following appeared on 9 April 1976 in The Herald Statesman: (Ellen Campion's column) Just read in the Warren, Ohio, Tribune Chronicle of the death of ex-Yonkersite Hazel Oehler, first woman president of the Trumbell County (Ohio) Community Chest and a civic and community leader out there. She was born here in '15, daughter of the Bailey Burritts. Her husband is Dr. Irving A. Oehler, former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of American Welding and Manufacturing Co. who is internationally known in the field of welding. They traveled extensively throughout the world. They have a daughter and two sons, Mrs. Scott Weaver of Mamaroneck, Gordon Oehler of Reston, Va., and Robert Oehler of Hong Kong.
- Last Edited: 8 Jul 2011