OBITUARY: Hans S. Hanson, 1856-, Worth County, Iowa



                            Hans S. Hanson

Hans S. Hanson was born February 14, 1856 in Telemarken, Norway to 
Mr.and Mrs. Svennung Hanson.  He came to America in 1862 to Muskego,WI.  
In 1865 the family moved to Winneshiek Co. and when Hans was twelve 
years old, his mother died.  He was confirmed by the Rev. V. Koren in 
Washington Prairie Church.  His father came to Worth Co., Silver Lake 
Twp. where he married Katherine Sanden on December 31, l878.  They had 
four children: Ida, Svennung, Erick and Katherine.  Ida died in 1906.  

Hans purchased a farm in Silver Lake Twp. on July 4, 1883 where he lived
until his death, except for four years spent at Mayville, ND.  He sold 
part of the farm in 1915 and continued farming the remainder of the 
farm.  In February of 1921 he sustained a serious injury from which he 
never fully recovered, but continued to farm until his death, with the 
aid of his sons.  He died suddenly in Erick's car when the two of them 
were traveling to town for business.

He leaves his family: a brother, E.S. Stensrud of Lake Mills, trwo
sisters, Mrs. I.J. Dahl, Albert Lea and Mrs. J.T. Johnson, Dent, MN.

The funeral was held at Somber Church, with the Rev. A.J. Torgerson
in charge.


                  

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