Florence Dorothea (OREDSEN) HANSEN

OREDSEN, HANSEN, HOPKEY, WONSMOS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/16/2011 at 01:02:38

Obituary - Florence Dorothea (Oredsen) Hansen

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Florence Dorothea HANSEN of Bakersfield, Calif., passed away peacefully on April 16, 2011. Born on May 16, 1916, in Clear Lake, she graduated from Fertile High School, Fertile, Iowa. She was a homemaker and worked for the University of Southern California for 20 years.

Graveside services will be held at the Sawtelle Veterans National Cemetery in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 22, at 10:30 a.m., conducted by Pastor Anne-Grethe NIELSEN of the Danish American Lutheran Church. Memorials can be made to Hoffmann Hospice, 8501 Brimhall Road, Bakersfield, CA 93312, or the Danish American Lutheran Church Memorial Fund at 16881 Bastanchury Road, Yorba Linda, CA 92886-1607.

Florence was a member of the Danish American Lutheran Church of Yorba Linda, Calif., where she was active in the church choir and chairperson for the annual church bazaar, and a 62-year member of the Danish Sisterhood Society, where she held many different offices, including two terms as State President of Iowa. To her grandchildren, she was babysitter, taxi driver, driving teacher, confidant, etc. Of course these ventures always included stops for coffee, treats, and sweets. She introduced them all to the finery of strawberries and "soft-centers" from See's Candy. She was always their "Grams!"

Florence was preceded in death by her father and mother, Marius and Ida OREDSEN; her husband of 31 years, Harold HANSEN; and her son, Marvin HANSEN. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Melvin, Pete, Stanley, and Donald OREDSEN; sisters, Fern (HOPKEY), Francis and Hazel (WONSMOS).

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011