LaVerne Eugene Hanson was born Aug. 15, 1920 to Leonard S. and Josephine T. Priske Hanson. He died Apr. 14, 1980 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.
LaVerne served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Wichita (CA-45) and USS Chevalier (DD-451).
Sources: ancestry.com
