Hanson, Otto R. 1928-1954
HANSON, HAVLICEK, HECK, HAVELICH
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Date: 2/1/2004 at 21:56:31
Otto R. Hanson
Otto R. Hanson, son of Mrs. Nellie Hanson and the late Otto Hanson, Sr., was born March 3, 1928 on the Hanson farm near Gunder. He died June 24, 1959 in an electric storm while haying on his home farm at the age of 31 years, three months and 21 days.
He was baptized and confirmed in Marion Lutheran Church at Gunder and was a member of the congregation all his life. He attended grammar school at the Vellersven county school and graduated from Postville high school with the class of 1946. During his high school years he was interested in football and played on the football team.
From April 5, 1955 to January 6, 1957 he served with the armed forces being stationed at various camps. While at Camp Carson, Colorado, he served with the 35th Quartermaster Pack Co., the last combat unit in the army to use the army pack mule.
On September 1, 1956, he was united in marriage to Helen Havlicek of Monona. To this marriage was born a son, Dwight Gerald. They resided on the home farm at Gunder.
Mr. Hanson was an active member of the church serving as a member of the Luther League during high school and the Brotherhood in later years. He was serving on the board of education and the board of trustees of the Marion Lutheran Church at the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Helen and son, Dwight; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Hanson of Elgin; two sisters, Mrs. Arlene Heck and Ida Mae Hanson of Chicago; one brother, Howard of St. Olaf; two nieces, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services were held Saturday, June 27, from the Muchlethaler Funeral Chapel to the Marion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Bruce Boyce officiating. Interment was at the Marion Cemetery. The Elgin Legion Post conducted military services.
Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1954, from my mother's obituary collection.
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Added by Reid R. Johnson on 7/10/2018:
Clayton County Register, Thur., 2 July 1959.
A flash of lightning took the life of Otto Hanson, 30-year-old Gunder area farmer, about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, June 24, during hay making operations on the farm.
As an electrical storm approached, Hanson was unhitching his tractor from a hay-chopper in an effort to get out of the field ahead of the storm. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Connie Havelich, was standing nearby and saw the flash of lightning. Orvid Anderson, a neighbor, was working just ahead of Hanson in the same field.
Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at the Marion Lutheran Church at Gunder. Burial was in Marion cemetery. The Rev. Bruce Boyce officiated.
Clayton Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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