Hazel Thorson Stoick Stoeckeler was a painter and an Associate Professor Emerita of Design of the University of Minnesota. Her paintings and sketches have been in many exhibitions and are in various collections including the Minnesota Historical Society, University of Minnesota Archives and Libraries, and Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. She also lectured for Augsburg College of the Third Age and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Minnesota about the history and culture of the places she visited during her extensive travels. A beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Hazel passed away on October 7, 2021.