HANSEN, Paul Niels 1939-2002

HANSEN, WELTZ, BARNES, BACKERMAN, LINDHOLM

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/8/2012 at 13:29:46

Paul Niels Hansen, 63, passed away on Sunday, 14 April 2002, at his home in Dike, Iowa.

Paul Niels Hansen was born March 28, 1939 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Irenius and Helga (Weltz) Hansen. He died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at his home in Dike, Iowa, at 63 years of age.

He was a 1957 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and in 1958 joined the Bricklayers Union Local 28 in Waterloo, Iowa as an apprentice. Paul worked out of Union Local 28 until October of 1975 when he was employeed at the University of Northern Iowa. He joined the AFSCME Union Local 2659 in 1976, serving as a union steward.

Paul was the AFSCME Local 2659 President from 1980 until his retirement in October of 1999. During that time he served as District Vice President of AFSCME Council 61 for 6 years and served as Regents Chair for 6 years. Paul was instrumental in negotiating statewide union contracts from 1983-2001.

Paul is survived by his five children, Scott Hansen of Cedar Falls, Lori Barnes of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Jan Hansen of Reinbeck, Iowa, Doug Hansen of San Diego, California and Derek Hansen of Dike; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild, two brothers, Earl and Arthur K. Hansen, both of Cedar Falls, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Vic and Einer Lindholm, Vernon “Sonny” Hansen and Roger “Stub” Hansen, two sisters, Irene Hansen and Verna “Sis” Backerman, and two nephews and a niece.

Memorial services were 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2002, at Fredsville Lutheran Church with inurnment in Fredsville Lutheran Cemetery, both in rural Cedar Falls. There will be no visitation, his body was cremated.

Memorials may be directed to the Paul Hansen Scholarship Fund, c/o UNI-AFSCME Local 2659 or Cedar Valley Hospice.

[Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home Obituary]