Twin Falls County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hansen, James R. May 1955
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Citizens Record  May 5  1955
SELF-INFLICTED GUN WOUND FATAL FOR MAN-
 James R. Hansen, 54, a farmer in the Clover area since 1914, died instantly 
Monday morning of a self-inflicted gun wound.
 Sheriff Jesse Carlton, who investigated, said Hansen shot himself through the 
mouth with a .22 caliber automatic revolver.
 Mr. Hansen returned Sunday night from Boise. The sheriff said he had been in 
poor health and in a nervouse state of mind for quite some time. Mrs. Hansen 
was milking the cows at the time. She returned to the house and found her 
husband on the floor in the bathroom.
 In addition to his widow, Mr. Hansen is survived by one brother, Edward F. 
Hansen, and one sister, Mrs. Donna Price, both Delano, Calif.,               
He was preceded in death by his parents. The Hansens have no children.
 Mr. Hansen was born Jan 19, 1901 in Rosilyn, Wash. He married Bessie Kirk Nov 
7, 1952, at Elko, Nev.
 Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Twin Falls 
Mortuary chapel with the Rev. Wayne Hagemeier, Buhl, officiating. Final rites 
will be in the Filer 100F cemetery.

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