RAPID CITY--Hazel Wastabaugh , 91 died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Saturday, August 28, 2010. She was born on August 30, 1918 in Gillette Wyoming to Sam and Maude Lowery, the youngest of 3 children. The family had moved from Texas to homestead west of Gillette. Their first home was a sheep wagon and they built a log home in which she eventually raised her own family. Hazel's mother taught school, so her father watched her while he worked the ranch, rode his trap lines and broke horses. Hazel rode her horse Midget to country school. She boarded during high school in Gillette, and worked at the theatre during school and in the summers. After graduating from Campbell County High School in 1937, she attended beauty school for a year in Grand Island, Nebraska. She worked for beauty shops in Gillette, Sheridan, and Jackson. She met Byron D. Watsabaugh in Jackson and they were married near Jackson in Driggs, Idaho on December 16, 1942. D. was an officer in the Army Medical Corps. They were stationed in Rockford, Ill., Abilene, TX and Durham, NC. They moved back to Gillette after he was discharged to help her parents run the family ranch. They raised their children on the ranch and loved every day. They enjoyed their neighbors and helped form a community organization called The Long Range Club. Hazel and D. also enjoyed square dancing throughout the region over the years. They had a home in Gillette while the kids were in school and helped manage one of her mothers' motels during this time. After D. passed away in 1981, their son, Bud and his family continued to manage the ranch. In 1987, Hazel bought a town home in Rapid City and lived there in the winters and on the ranch some in the summers. She belonged to the Canyon Lake Senior Center, the German Club and was involved with Westminster Presbyterian Church and Canyon Lake United Methodist Church. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends in their homes and the Elks Club. Hazel truly enjoyed going to Deadwood with her friends at the Pioneer Bank Elite Club and the senior citizens groups. Hazel also spent a great deal of time helping out with her granddaughters and attending their many athletic events. Survivors include 2 daughters Jo (Lyle) Pagel, Rapid City and D'Ann Witcher, Miles City, Montana; a son, Byron D. 'Bud' (Linnie) Watsabaugh, Gillette, Wyoming, 5 grandchildren; Chris Witcher, Patrick and Michael Watsabaugh, Ramsee and Samee Pagel and 1 great-grandchild; Clay Witcher. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 3, at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church in Rapid City with Pastor Eric Grinager and Pastor Kim Bachman officiating. Grave side service will be at 3:00 p.m. at Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Gillette--family and friends get together at the shelter following the service. Memorials may be made to the Canyon Lake Senior Center.