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Roberta Henrietta (Edwards) Hanson, 28 Sep 1928 -28 Sep 2019

HANSON, EDWARDS, MENARY, PAULEY, NIEWENHUIS, MAAS, KOZISHEK

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 10/10/2019 at 14:21:44

Roberta H Hanson passed away Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 in Phoenix, Ariz., at the age of 91.

A Funeral Mass was held 10:30 am Saturday, October 5, 2019 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williamsburg. Burial was in the St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation was Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg.

A memorial fund has been established for St. Mary’s Cemetery, Friends of Old St. Michael’s, Safe Haven for Iowa County, Habitat for Humanity.

Roberta Henrietta Hanson was born on September 28, 1928 in Williamsburg, Iowa. She was the daughter of Robert Henry Edwards and Irene Elizabeth Menary.

Roberta attended and graduated from Williamsburg High School. After high school, she worked one summer at Holden's detassling before heading on to Iowa Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, to become a teacher. To support herself and pay for her tuition, she worked at Iowa Mutual Insurance Company, in the Underwriting department, as a Coder along with her best friend from high school, Elizabeth Harrington Mills. A year later she went home for the summer and met George J. Hanson at Little Chicago Restaurant. For her it was love at first sight.

On a beautiful fall day September 3, 1949, Roberta married George Hanson, to start her life as full-time homemaker, wife and eventually a business partner with the Hanson farm. After settling down she was heavily involved in church at St. Michael's Church in Holbrook, Iowa. She was a Chairwoman and Co-chair for many of the church activities and events.

During her spare time, Roberta enjoyed traveling, camping, bird watching. She was voracious reader who couldn't get enough of books. She always had a book with her wherever she went. Her biggest and all-time favorite activity was taking walks, long walks, which I believe attributed to her longevity.

She is survived by her son, Michael J. Hanson, daughter, Roberta S. Hanson, both of Phoenix, Arizona; 3 grandchildren: Chad(Angela) Hanson, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Robbie (Brian) Pauley, of Mason City, Iowa and Nicholas (Darija) Hanson of Phoenix, Arizona; 6 great grandchildren. Roberta was in death preceded by her husband, George J. Hanson and her son, Terry J. Hanson. 3 sisters, Katherine Niewenhuis, Joanne Maas and Pearl Kozishek.

Published in The Hometown Current on October 9, 2019. An abbreviated version was published in The Gazette on October 4, 2019.


 

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