Stephen “John” HadsallBlackwell, OK

Stephen John Hadsall

August 24, 1945 - November 2, 2025

Stephen John Hadsall returned home to his Heavenly Father on Sunday, November 2, 2025. He was greeted there by his wife Jean Hadsall, son Stephen Joshua, and daughter Kelsey. He died from cardiovascular disease.

John was born in Pasadena, California to Stephen Wayne and Genevieve Hadsall. He attended Baldwin Park High School where he met his high-school sweetheart and eternal companion Velora Jean Hunter. He and Jean were married on August 27, 1965, at the Methodist Church in Baldwin Park. Shortly thereafter he was drafted and proudly served his country in the Vietnam War.

They were introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were baptized on July 5, 1975. A year later they took their three children Doreen, Joshua, and Luke to be sealed together for time and all eternity in October 1976 at the Los Angeles Temple.

John worked as a Dental Laboratory Technician creating dentures. He built his own company Hadsall Dental Laboratory. He and Jean raised their children in Southern California, South Carolina, and Blackwell, Oklahoma. He later moved to Texas and began working for the VA. Throughout Jean’s years battling cancer John took great care of her until her passing on October 7, 2006.

Later he met and married Mary Ann Laughlin and increased his family by becoming a stepfather to her four children, grandpa to fourteen grandchildren, and one great-grand kiddo.

Throughout John’s life he had a servant's heart and spent his time volunteering service to his community, family, and friends. He was a leader for the Boy Scouts of America, was a temple worker in the Dallas Temple, served as Branch President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Blackwell, and served a mission as an addiction recovery specialist.

John was a skilled craftsman creating beautiful wood-turned ornaments, pens, and bowls. He also created wood toys for his posterity. He turned jars for the organization Beads of Courage for children with childhood cancer. He volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. He was a certified HAM radio operator with the handle KA6IZA. He was a great collector of many tools, trinkets, and wonders untold. He was a learner throughout his life and loved to study the scriptures and books. He would study how to build, create, or fix.

He is survived by his wife Mary Ann, his sister Betty and Ray Rincon, his children Doreen and Michael Perdue, Luke and Meghan Hadsall, Jerushia Dyer, Heather and Shawn Bradford, Josiah and Lisa Hadsall. Grandchildren Audree and Phil Bearss, Bailee Jordan, Clairee Jordan, Stephen Oliver Hadsall, Simon Hadsall, Hailee Dyer, Hannah Dyer, Ella Dyer, Emma Bradford, Stephen Alex Bradford, Hunter Hadsall, and Carter Hadsall, as well as 2 great grandchildren.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 7, 2025, in the Blackwell Cemetery.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 8, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 1540 Hwy 78 South, Bonham, Texas 75418.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Humanitarian Aid Fund.