Verna Mildred (Sorenson) HANSON

SORENSON, HANSON, RASKA, SCHULZ, HUBNER, TUSSEY, WITTHUHN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/3/2010 at 10:53:43

November 4, 1925 - March 29, 2006

IOWA FALLS, IA —Verna Mildred Hanson, 80, of Iowa Falls, formerly of Dows, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at the Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. Private family services will be held on Saturday, April 1. The Ewing Dugger Helgeson Funeral Home in Dows is in charge of the arrangements.

Verna Sorenson, was born on November 4, 1925 east of Radcliffe, to parents Chris and Clara Raska Sorenson. She was raised and attended country school near Radcliffe. Her mother passed away at a young age so Verna had to grow up fast helping the family on the farm. She worked off the farm in various jobs including being a welder. On January 15, 1950, she married Milo Hanson at the Lutheran Parsonage in Radcliffe. She and Milo continued to farm with Milo’s father and in 1959 they moved to their own farm northeast of Popejoy. She loved gardening, at times caring for as many as three gardens. She also enjoyed raising chickens and turkeys. She canned much of her produce, sharing with family and friends. Verna was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Dows and the Ladies Aide.

Verna is survived by four children, Jean Schulz and husband, Roger of Eagle Grove, Connie Hubner of Alden, Larry Hanson and wife, Charlene of Alden and Denny Hanson and wife, Judy of Alden; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hubert Tussey of Story City and Harold Sorenson of Ames; and one sister, Gladys Witthuhn of Story City. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Milo; and three brothers, Richard, Lester and Irving Sorenson.

April 1, 2006
Iowa Falls Times Citizen - Iowa