Louis Hanson (1928-2020)

HANSON

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/18/2020 at 17:37:16

Louis “Bill” Everett Hanson, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House. Celebration of Life services will be Livestreamed starting at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 17, 2020 on Brosh Chapel’s Facebook. Friends and family are encouraged to join and leave their condolences. Burial will be in Campbell Cemetery in Bertram. Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids are in charge of arrangements.

Louis was born September 20, 1928 in Gladstone, Illinois, the son of Lee Albert and Grace Hanson. Bill was united in marriage to Virginia Ransdell on May 30, 1948 in Biggsville, Illinois. He was a lifelong carpenter in the Cedar Rapids area. Bill enjoyed hunting, butchering, going mushroom hunting, occasionally visiting a casino, and most of all spending time with his family.

Bill is survived by his son Virgil (Holly) Hanson; his daughter Etta (Randy) Heaton; nine grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; his sister-in-law Emma (LaVerne) Severson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Virginia, who died on July 14, 2019, his siblings Ted Hanson, Zeke Hanson and Betty Ohler.