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Hansen, Roberta Kathleen
Roberta Kathleen Hansen, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney.
She was born Aug. 22, 1930, to August and Annabelle Tumilson Joesting in Rockford, Iowa. She graduated from Rockford High School in 1948. On July 22, 1949, she married Roger Gordon Hansen at the Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford. They lived and farmed near Marble Rock and moved to Sigourney in 1970.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Roger on Nov. 10, 1990; daughter, Carole Hansen; two sisters, Jennie Lines and Annabelle Meader; and one brother, August Joesting Jr.
She is survived by her children, Eric Hansen of Burlington; two daughters, Jean Hansen and Julie (Van) Davis of Sigourney; two grandchildren, Cody (Lara) Davis and April (Nick) Enslow; and one great-grandchild, Jorja Davis.
Her body was cremated as to her wishes, no services.
Arrangements by Holm Funeral Home, Sigourney.
Published in The Gazette Nov. 19, 2013.
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