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Solvang’s most outspoken person and animal rights activist Hazel Mortensen passes away.

Solvang Journal Sep 28, 2020 0

Hazel Mortensen, 85, Solvang resident died on Saturday following a long spell of hearth illness. She was an English bride who moved to Solvang with her Danish husband almost 60 years ago. Hazel Mortensen met her Danish origin American husband while serving for the US army in England. Hazel Mortensen was very well known as an animal and…

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Solvang’s most outspoken person and animal rights activist Hazel Mortensen passes away.

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