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Margaret Hansen
MARGARET A. HANSEN
Lowden
Margaret A. Hansen, 93, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 3, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden, with the Rev. Daniel Redhage officiating. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Margaret was born on Aug. 2, 1923, to Carl and Olga Conrad Buck in rural Lowden. She married Harold Hansen on Nov. 7, 1943, at Bennett. He passed away on Nov. 21, 2015.
Survivors include a son, Howard (Marilyn) of Lowden; daughters, Ellen (Harlan) Hanks of Tipton and Elaine (Howard) Conrad of Van Horne; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Roland (Cindy) Buck of Clarence; and sister, Judy Wulff of Clarence.
Margaret was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a former member of the Lowden Legion Auxiliary. She graduated from Tipton High School in 1940. She was a hardworking farmwife, a very caring person, and she also loved her family and grandchildren very much.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; twin sons, Roland and Russell; and sisters, Marie Laing, Lydia Mensing and Gertrude Kopf.
Direct online condolences to www.chapmanfh.com.
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