Hansen, Julie N. (1954 - 2014)

HANSEN, NELSON, KING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 6/17/2014 at 13:51:36

Name of deceased: Julie Nadine Hansen (nee Nelson)

Aged: 59 yrs, 11 mo, 17 days

Residence: Davenport, IA (formerly of Elk Horn, Shelby County, IA)

Born: June 12, 1954, Audubon, IA

Died: May 29, 2014, Davenport, IA

Funeral services: Graveside inurnment: Thursday, June 5, 2014; Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery, Elk Horn. IA. Pastor Keith Mentor officiated. Inu

Survived by: Parents, Richard H. & Norma Nelson of Elk Horn, IA; son, Justin (spouse, Robyn) Hansen of Austin, TX; brother, Ned Nelson of Council Bluffs, IA; sister, Natalie Nelson of Cedar Rapids, IA; granddaughter, Bailey King of Austin, TX; other relatives & friends

Predeceased by: no information provided

Education: attended Elk Horn (IA) Community Schools; graduated from high school with the class of 1972; received a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Psychology from Iowa State University in Ames, IA in 1976. She later returned to school to study mortuary science.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Victor Hansen; Aug. 1972; Elk Horn Lutheran Church, Elk Horn, IA

Employment: After completing her college degree, she was employed at Woodward State Hospital for several years. The family moved to Houston, TX in 1985, and Julie worked at J.W. Lighting. In 1987, they moved again, this time to Austin, TX where she was employed by Dell Computers, starting in customer care and then advancing to become a project manager. She worked for Dell until 2000. In 2006, she returned to Elk Horn, IA and was initially employed at Lincoln Financial in Omaha, NE; she then worked at J.C. Sterling in Harlan, IA for several years. Julie decided to return to school to study mortuary science; while doing so, she was employed as an intern at Kessler Funeral Homes, Inc. in Audubon and Exira, IA. In 2011, she changed employment again and worked for Iowa Hospice, and later moved to Davenport, IA to work for Heartland Hospice. Prior to her passing, she was planning on moving back to Austin, TX.

Hobbies/Interests: spending time with her family

Sources: kjan.com; kesslerfuneralhome.com