Everett E. HANSON

HANSON, HELM, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/16/2011 at 01:06:13

Obituary - Everett E. Hanson

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

Everett E. HANSON, 91, died Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City, Iowa. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 20, 1:30 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean HESS officiating. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Memorials may be given to the Everett E. HANSON Memorial Fund.

Everett was born Oct. 22, 1919 in Mason City, the son of Ole Christian and Hattie Myrtle (HELM) HANSEN. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1938. He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1938 – 1939. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was taken prisoner of war for four months. He was liberated on April 12, 1945. He was honorably discharged November 1945.

Everett married Lois Maxine ANDERSON on June 11, 1944 at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake. Following his military service they lived in Garner, Iowa where he worked for the lumber yard. For a year, he lived in Thule, Greenland where he worked construction at the U.S. Army base. In 1955 they moved back to Clear Lake to be closer to family. He worked as a route salesman for Highland Potato Chips Co. until his retirement in 1980. He managed a storage warehouse at Orlando, Fla. and later moved back to the Mason City area.

Everett was an avid supporter of the D.A.V., lifetime Clear Lake V.F.W. member, former member of the Elks Lodge and Moose Lodge in Mason City. He loved golfing, fishing, collecting baseball caps, and while in the nursing home, he especially loved spending time with his family and visiting with the staff.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church.

Everett is survived by three children, Douglas HANSON and his wife Linda, Mason City, IA, Pam CRAVER and her husband Marv, Robins, IA and LuAnn LOLLIS and her husband Pat, Mesa, AZ; eight grandchildren Jana (Joe) GRAF, Leslie (Tony) KACH, Jaci (Lance) SULLIVAN, Joe SIEMS, Jill (Jason) KREIMEYER, Tyler LOLLIS, Lindsey LOLLIS and Toby SCHOOLEY; and eight great-grandchildren A.J. and Lauren KACH, Mallory and Hayden SULLIVAN, Addison and Aubree KREIMEYER, and Tod and Tori SCHOOLEY.

Everett is preceded in death by his parents, wife Lois, sister Ora DALY, brother Leonard HANSON and infant brother Roy Roger HANSON.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA 50428 (641)357-2193 www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011

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