ROCHESTER, Minn.- Community members packed into the Congregational Church on Saturday to celebrate the life of former Rochester Mayor Chuck Hazama.
Mike Gorman knew Hazama for nearly 55 years. He was one of the many community members that filled the sanctuary at Rochester’s Congregational Church on Saturday to remember the former Med City mayor.
“He was so outgoing at The Y and getting people involved. My memory of Chuck is he taught bunch of us how to play racquetball. That was fun,” says Gorman.
Hazama served as the Mayor of Rochester from 1979 through 1995 overseeing the city for 16 years. Last November he died after suffering a stroke at his home at the Waters on Mayowood.
