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HANSEN, James Warren 1934-2014

HANSEN, SORENSEN, PETERSEN, WHITING, SPAHR

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/8/2014 at 23:37:13

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Monday, March 3, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS -- James Warren "Jim" Hansen, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, from complications of pancreatic cancer.

He was born Sept. 15, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, son of Einer and Hilda Sorensen Hansen. On June 6, 1954, he married Alice D. Petersen at Nazareth Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls

Jim graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1952, attended Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1956. He was employed by Keystone Steel and Wire and later Hawkeye Steel Products. He attended New Covenant Bible Church, Cedar Rapids.

Survived by his wife; three daughters, Kay (Mark) Whiting of Lenexa, Kan., Bonnie Hansen of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Barb (Kevin) Spahr of Cary, Ill.; a son, Richard of Boise, Idaho; 12 grandchildren, Shauna, Ross, Spencer and Chad Whiting, Kyle Horning, Erika (Logan) Brown, Kacy Horning, and Bryan, Lauren, Eric, Kyle and Allison Spahr; a great-grandchild, Brody Timothy; a sister, Jean (Daniel) MacDonald of Indian Wells, Calif.; and two brothers, Donald (Sue Ann) of San Mateo, Calif., and David (Sandra) of Sun Lakes, Ariz.

Preceded in death by his parents.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Nazareth Lutheran Church, with inurnment in Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Dahl Van Hove Schoof Funeral Home, and an hour before services Tuesday at the church.

Memorials in lieu of flowers: may be directed to Nazareth Lutheran Church, 7401 University Ave., Cedar Falls 50613; Western Home Community Windy Hills Singers, 5300 S. Main, Cedar Falls 50613; or Cedar Valley Hospice, 2101 Kimball Ave., Suite 401, Waterloo 50704.

The mountaintop experience of Jim's Christian faith was the Walk to Emmaus. He also relished the 15 warm winters that he spent in Tucson.


 

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