Rev. Douglas E. HANSON

HANSON, KLUCK, KNIGHT, SHIVERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/6/2006 at 18:13:17

DOUGLAS E. HANSON

AFTON, Okla. - Douglas E. Hanson, minister at First Christian Church of Afton, died Saturday, August 11, 2001 after a lengthy illness. He was 59. He was born July 8, 1942 at Breckenridge, Minn., to Wilbur and Bernice Kluck Hanson. He was a graduate of Chokio, Minn., High School with the class of 1960. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961-1965. After serving in the armed forces, he worked as an estimator for a construction company. He then went to Dakota Bible College where he met his future wife, Marilyn Knight. They married on July 4, 1970 at Eminence, Mo. While in college, he had a student ministry at Pipestone, Minn. After finishing school, he ministered at Park Church of Christ in Goldfield, Iowa, from 1974-79. In 1979 he went to Shenandoah, Iowa, and established the New Testament Church of Christ, where he ministered until 1993. In 1993 he moved to Afton to minister at the First Christian Church, where he has had a very influential ministry to the entire area. He was active in many areas, including the ministerial alliance and the Meals-on-Wheels program. He worked with the school system in many ways, especially enjoying watching his son play football. Survivors are: his wife, Marilyn, of the home; his mother, Bernie Hanson, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa; three sons, James Allen and wife, Jennifer Hanson, of Joplin, Mo., Michael Hanson of Welch, and Bill Hanson; five brothers, Larry Hanson of Norfolk, N.D., Dick Hanson of Rosemount, Minn., and Bill Hanson of Ft. Worth, Texas, Lynn Hanson of Kansas City, Mo., and Paul Hanson of Roseville, Minn.; one sister, Lois Shivers of Altoona, Iowa; and two grandchildren of whom he was especially proud, Julia and Jacob Hanson of Joplin.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 14, at the Afton High School gym with Dr. Harold (Bud) Clapp and Minister Lee Williams officiating. Pallbearers will be Mike Martin, Terry Miller, Bill Birdsell, Brian Speer, T.J. Miller, and Jerry Chandler. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Afton with the Grove Veterans Ritual Team performing military rites. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church in Afton. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the First Christian Church Educational Fund. Arrangements are under the direction of Adcock Funeral Home of Afton.

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