Glenda L. Hansen 1934 - 2016

HANSEN, FERGERSON, HARWARD

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/24/2016 at 01:15:48

Sioux City Journal
21 June 2016

SIOUX CITY | Glenda L. Hansen, 81, of Sioux City passed away on June 19, 2016 at Countryside Retirement Home.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Leeds. Burial will be in Rademacher Cemetery, Hinton, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be given at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Glenda was born on June 25, 1934, in Sioux City, the daughter of Harry and Laura (Fergerson) Harward. Due to her father's early death, the father Glenda knew was her stepfather, Floyd Stewart. She graduated from Leeds High School in 1952.

Glenda married James Hansen on Jan. 31, 1953, in Sioux City. Glenda and James had four children, Kevin, Dennis, Bryan and Darin. She started working at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in 1967. She worked at St. Luke's for 32 years, retiring in 1999.

Glenda loved to crochet, play cards, take trips when she could, and she loved to have coffee with her friends.

Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Lorrie Hansen; sons, Dennis (Charlene) of Chanhassen, Minn., Bryan (Mary) of Sioux City, and Darin (Jodi) of Rogers, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Zachary (Kendra) Hansen, Neil (Robin) Lundgren, Bennett Hansen, Ellen Hansen, Brad (Amanda) Hansen, Leah (Victor) Contreras, Rachel (Adam) Turner, Madison Hansen and Mitchell Hansen; and five great-grandchildren, Kasmine Hamilton, Titus Lundgren, Chloe Lundgren, Tyson Contreras, and Brayden Hansen, with two more on the way.

She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather; her husband, James; son, Kevin; and one brother, Marlin.