Hansen, Vesta Carolyn Newlin 1926-2011

NEWLIN, HANSEN, OWEN, KASPER, HANDLEY, JOHNSON, BAY, ORANSKY

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Vesta Hansen 1926 - 2011
Vesta Carolyn Newlin Hansen
West Branch

Vesta Carolyn Newlin Hansen, 85, of West Branch passed away September 13, 2011 at her home.

Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday

September 16, 2011 at the Friends Church in West Branch. Visitation will be held Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home, West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

The daughter of Jay and Ruth Owen Newlin, Vesta was born May 4, 1926 in Indianola, Iowa. She graduated from Westtown School in Westtown, Pennsylvania in 1943, and from William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1947. After marrying Walter Hansen on March 24, 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa she became a homemaker on their family farm in rural West Branch.

She is survived by her husband; two daughters: Lucy (James Kasper) Hansen of Tipton, Iowa and Carolyn Hansen (Friend Chris Handley) of West Branch. Brother: Owen (Doris Jean) Newlin of Des Moines, Iowa; many nieces and nephews; and a special cousin Elma (Sunny) Johnson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Emily Bay; brother-in-law: Stanley Bay; and nieces Frances Bay and Janet Newlin Oransky.

The family would like to thank all the staff at Iowa City Hospice for their compassionate care.

Published in Des Moines Register on Sept. 15, 2011
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/desmoinesregister/obituary.aspx?n=vesta-hansen&pid=153635801#sthash.2xcnmOx4.dpuf ~ The Des Moines Register Legacy, Des Moines, Iowa Sept 2011.