Herbert Hansen, 80, of Marshalltown, died Sunday, January
31, 2010 at the Iowa Veterans Home at Marshalltown. Funeral
services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Foster Chapel.
Burial will be in the Cass Township Cemetery, north of
Webster City. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 at the
Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Military rites will be
conducted by American Legion Post # 633.
Herbert Eugene Hansen, son of Holger and Florence Shafer
Hansen, was born April 8, 1929 at Radcliffe. He attended
rural schools and graduated from Radcliffe Public School.
From 1951 to1953, he served with the U.S. Army at Camp
Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado. During the Korean War,
he was drafted and served as a Fire Direction Leader in the
U.S. Army. He started farming near Williams in 1946 and
retired from farming in 1984. On May 4, 1957, he married
Donna Mae Jaynes at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.
From 1984 to 1994, he worked for the Iowa Department of
Revenue as a mail clerk and tax specialist. The couple moved to
Prairie City in 1984. He had resided at the Iowa Veterans Home since
September of 2009.
Herbert is survived by his wife, Donna; sons and
daughters-in-law, Donald and Sherry Hansen of Prairie City;
David and Annette Hansen of Norwalk; daughter and son-in-law,
Debbie and Marty DeDecker of Altoona; 9 grandchildren; 3
great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Wilbur and
Elaine Hansen of Ankeny; Kenny and Shirley Hansen of Turin;
sisters and brothers-in-law, June and Bob Schweibert of
Webster City; Ruth and Bob Cook of Iowa Falls; Clara and
LaVerne Bell of Woolstock; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Kathy
Hansen; son Dennis Hansen, siblings Carl and Cora Hansen, in
infancy; and sister Margaret Bahrenfuss.
Herbert was a member of the Williams United Methodist
Church and the Praire City United Methodist Church; 20 year
Leader of the Williams Booster 4-H Club; Township trustee; the
Williams American Legion Post # 633, Hamilton County
Extension Council, and past Vice President of the Iowa Hawkeye
Horseshoe Pitchers Association.
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