Custer County NeArchives Obituaries.....Hanson, Minnie Clara Frieda Ropers June 20, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com June 21, 2010, 5:46 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald June 23, 2010 Minnie Clara Frieda Hanson, 81, of Oconto, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Golden Living Center in Broken Bow. Funeral Services will be Friday, June 25, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church at Buffalo with Pastor Victor Rasmussen officiating. Burial will be in the Oconto Cemetery at Oconto. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 24, 2010, from 4-7 p.m. at the Reynolds- Love Funeral Home in Lexington. She was born Jan. 9, 1929, at Ideal, S.D., to John Albert and Elsie Anna Hilda (Schwarz) Ropers. Minnie attended school at Dallas, S.D. Minnie moved to the Oconto area in 1948 and worked for the Ted Menke family and the Potter family prior to marrying William Hanson on April 12, 1950, at the First Lutheran Church at Buffalo. She helped her husband with the farming and ranching operation near Oconto and was always active in her church. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church at Buffalo, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Aide Association for Lutherans and held several offices in the American Legion Auxiliary. Minnie never knew a stranger and always enjoyed spending time with her family and making crocheted doilies for family and friends. Survivors include one son, Luke (Candy) Hanson of Oconto; two daughters, Loretta Copper of Callaway, Lois Bennett of Oconto; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren with one on the way; two brothers:, Louie Ropers of Sargent, Henry Ropers of Rockville; three sisters, Anna Graczyk of Sumner, Helen Barta and Betty Barta, both of Lexington; one son-in-law, Charles Beason of Overton and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Minnie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill; one son, Lee and two daughters; Lucy and Leona and son-in-law, Alfred Copper, Sr. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/custer/obits/h/hanson148gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb