Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hansen, Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (Cowles) 2005
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Greenville Daily News, 16 Apr 2005

Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Hansen, 80, of Greenville, passed away Thursday
afternoon, April 14, 2005, at Metron of Belding.  The daughter of Charles
Spencer and Gladys May Hamilton Cowles, she was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Belding.

After graduating high school, Betty served her country during World War II as a
pharmacist’s mate third class with the U.S. Navy.  On July 5, 1947, she married
James L. Hansen.  Betty worked for many years as a pharmacy clerk at Meijer. 
She was a longtime member of First Congregational Church in Greenville, was
active with the Women’s Fellowship circles at the church and also participated
in many activities with the Greenville Area Senior Center, as well as
volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James L. Hansen; and brother,
Charles Richard Cowles.  She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Jill
and Martin Engle, Terri and Scott Luce, all of Greenville; sister, Annabelle and
Claude Cox of Michigan Center; siblings-in-law, Glenna Cowles of Belding, Hazel
and Joseph Hansen; five grandchildren, Jason and Ronda Engle of Lowell, Erin
Engle, Erik Engle, Andrew Luce, Ellie Luce, all of Greenville; two great
grandsons; Austin and Caden Engle, both of Lowell; special friends, Joe and Sue
Muns of Greenville; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are 5 p.m. Sunday at Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home,
511 S. Franklin St., Greenville, with the Rev. Jerry Jones, pastor of First
Congregational Church, officiating.  Burial will follow in Rest Haven Memory
Gardens, Belding.  Visitation is one hour prior to services on Sunday.  In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Michigan Parkinson’s
Foundation or the American Lung Association.  Envelopes are available at the
funeral home.


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