HOVIND, Esther C. (Ahlquist) Hanson 1903-1986

AHLQUIST, OLSON, HANSON, HOVIND, SCHWERTFEGER, BENNETT, DEMPSEY, ANDERSON, BRUNS, HAACK, JOHNSON

Posted By: Connie Ellis
Date: 2/8/2011 at 18:50:21

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa November 18, 1986
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Esther C. Hovind, age 83, died Sunday November 2, 1986 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Services were held Wednesday, November 5 with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Esther was born March 2, 1903 in Waterville, Iowa to Andrew and Anna (Olson) Ahlquist. On July 12, 1922 she married Harold M. Hanson in Waterville, Iowa. He died December 2, 1950. She married Henry J. Hovind March 2, 1955 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He died June 30, 1965. Before retiring she was a nurse's aid at LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital.

She is survived by her daughter, Norma Schwertfeger of LaCrosse, Wisconsin; 3 sons, Charles Hanson of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, James Hanson of Woodlake, Minnesota and Richard Hanson of Richland Center, Wisconsin; 2 step-daughters, Dorothy Bennett of LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Alice Demsey of Onalaska; 2 step-sons, Ralph Hovind of Richland Center, Wisconsin and James Hovind of Madison, Wisconsin; 8 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; 3 nieces, Mrs. Charles Anderson and Mrs. Herb Bruns, both of Waukon, Iowa and Mrs. Irene Haack of Westminster, Maryland, and a nephew, John Johnson of North Forestville, Maryland.