Eliza B. Hansen 1904-1972

HANSEN, NELSON, FAY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/18/2011 at 23:15:19

Eliza Hansen Found Dead In Home Here
Eliza B. Hansen was found dead at her home yesterday afternoon after she had failed to come to work at her tailor shop this week. She apparently had died of a heart attack, suffered probably Sunday [June 25, 1972] or Monday night.

Friends had assumed that she was on a vacation trip with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen, but since she had not mentioned going, decided they should investigate.

A neighbor, Mrs. Werner Engel, found the house unlocked and went in, discovering Miss Hansen’s body at about 1:30 p.m. She notified police.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen were located en route to Canada and were notified of his sister’s death.

Miss Hansen has lived alone since the death of her mother, Mrs. C. W. Hansen several months ago at Rosewood Manor, where she had been a resident for some time.

Miss Hansen is survived by two sisters, Mrs. L. S. (Muriel) Nelson of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Leo G. (Merna) Fay of San Bernardino, Calif., her brother, Robert, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Fuhrman Funeral Home. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 29, 1972)

Rites Held For Eliza Hansen
Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. today at Oak Hill cemetery for Eliza Hansen who died at her home Sunday, June 25. Rev. H. Allen Wirtz officiated.

Memorial services for Miss Hansen will be announced later, pending the return home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen, who are camping in Canada and are unaware of her death.

Efforts to locate the Hansens have failed and the memorial service will be held after their return. Fuhrman Funeral Home was in charge of burial services. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 3, 1972)