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Hanken, Wesley
Wesley Hanken, 86, died Friday, June 28, 2013, at the Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa, following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at S.S. Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. The Rev. Paul Finger will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts, memories, and condolences may be left at . In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to S.S. Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Jones Regional Medical Center, or Above and Beyond Hospice.
Surviving are his wife, Nedra; five children, W. Chris (Lin) Hanken, Maquoketa, Cynthia (John) Coy, Wintergreen, Va., Jay Hanken, Monticello, Jeff (Sharon) Hanken, Cedar Rapids, and Beth Hanken, Monticello; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, David (Margie) Hanken, Golden Dale, Wash.; and a favorite aunt, Imogene Doden, Vancouver, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Shanna; his stepfather, Glen Bancroft; and three sisters, Virginia, Naomi, and Catherine.
Wesley G. Hanken was born Dec. 16, 1926, near Center Junction, Iowa. He was the son of Wesley C. and Eva Moats Hanken. He received his early education in the rural schools near Center Junction and graduated from the Monticello Community Schools.
Wesley served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a sergeant in the Caribbean Defense Command stationed in Panama.
Wesley Hanken and Nedra Kromminga were married on Jan. 15, 1945, at Iowa City, Iowa. The couple farmed north of Springville for many years and moved to a farm in Castle Grove Township near Monticello in 1975. Wesley also managed the Farmers Exchange Coop in Central City and operated a construction business.
Wesley was a member of S.S. Peter & Paul Lutheran Church. He had been a 4H leader for the Whittier Willing Workers, and a director of the Iowa Lumber Dealers Association. He loved to plant trees all over his property.
Published June 30, 2013, in The Gazette
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