Jerome Vincent HANSON

HANSON, DAVIS, RASMUSSEN, STANSBERRY, CUNNINGHAM, ANDERSON, SPENCER, GUILES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/25/2016 at 17:42:00

January 18, 1936 ---- July 10, 2016

Jerome "Jerry" Hanson, age 77 of Corwith, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Society in Algona. Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at St. John Lutheran Church in Corwith with Pastor Barb Chapman officiating. Burial will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:30 until the time of the service at St. John Lutheran Church in Corwith.

Jerome Vincent Hanson, the son of Freeman and Dorothy (Davis) Hanson, was born on January 18, 1939 in Clarion, Iowa. He attended school in Clarion. On August 16, 1960, Jerry was united in marriage to Doris Rasmussen at the Lutheran Church in Clarion. The couple divorced 19 years later. Jerry worked various handyman jobs which included working as a farm hand, cook and shoe repairer.

Jerry was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Corwith. To say he loved college football is an understatement. Jerry loved to listen to Elvis Presley, eat homemade ice cream and take his family fishing and camping. It was not an unusual Sunday to bring home and clean 200+ bullheads.

Left to cherish Jerry’s memory are his children: Darryl (Rose) Hanson of Algona, Lyle (Becky) Hanson of Algona, Nita (Dave) Stansberry of West Bend, Tracy Cunningham (Ron Anderson) of St. Paul, Minnesota, Nicole (Quinton) Guiles of New Providence and Dorothy (Russel) Spencer of Eagle Grove; eleven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; ex-wife, Doris Hanson of Corwith and numerous other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; twin brothers in infancy; brother, Don Hanson and two half sisters, Betty and Irene.