Hazel was born on September 20, 1917, in rural Poweshiek County, Iowa, to Charles and Mary Henry Bryan. She was raised in Grinnell and graduated with the Class of 1937 from Grinnell High School. Following her education she worked at the former Iowa Theatre in Grinnell. On March 30, 1941, she was married to Cecil Brim in Grinnell. The couple lived in Grinnell and she worked at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company. In the early 1950's she and Cecil purchased the Skelly Oil Station from Slim Flanagan and operated it as Brim's Skelly Oil Company until their retirement in 1975. She was a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served as a deaconess and taught Sunday school. She was also a charter member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Survivors include her daughter, Marilyn (Gary) Wallis of Sherman, Texas; and three sisters, Ruth Mithelman and Clara Halstead, both of Grinnell and Sally Todd of Polson, Montana. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Mary Kay Brim; two sisters, Bessie Wright and Margaret Osborn; and five brothers, Roy, Ray, Alvin, Robert and William 'Abe' Bryan. Memorials may be directed to St. Francis Manor.