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Roger Hanken
ROGER HANKEN
Van Horne
Roger Hanken, 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, at St. Luke's Inpatient Hospice Unit, Cedar Rapids, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church in Van Horne, with Father Jim Miller as celebrant. Following the Mass, military rites will be conducted by Thomas F. Bevins American Legion Post 148 of Van Horne. Private committal services will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone. The casket will not be present at the church on Monday.
A memorial fund has been established.
Roger was born Feb. 13, 1935, on the family farm near Ossian to John and Agnes (Timp) Hanken, and attended St. Francis DeSales High School. Roger served his nation in an engineer battalion from 1954 to 1957 during the Korean War. He was a member of Thomas F. Bevins American Legion Post 148 of Van Horne.
On Feb. 17, 1960, he was united in marriage to Diane Herzberger in Van Horne. She preceded him in death in 2006.
A member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne, he also belonged to the Van Horne Lions Club and served on the Van Horne City Council. He enjoyed watching the Iowa Hawkeyes and NASCAR racing and loved playing cards, working crossword puzzles and reading The Gazette.
He is survived by his sons, Michael (Cindy) Hanken of Marshalltown and David (Lori) Hanken of Bloomington, Minn.; his grandchildren, Amy (Chris) Bland of Gladbrook and Elsie Hanken and Porter Hanken, both of Bloomington, Minn.; his great-grandson, Presley Bland of Gladbrook; his brothers, Gervase (Marge) Hanken of Ossian and Orville (Germaine) Hanken of Maple Grove, Minn.; his sister, Inez Gallinaro of The Villages, Fla.; his sisters-in-law, Marie Hanken of Fremont, Neb., and Susan (Kermit) Urbain of Owatonna, Minn.; his brother-in-law, Jim (Linda) Herzberger of Atkins; and his special friend, LaVonne Ohde of Keystone.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by an infant son; his in-laws, Roy and Eva Lou Herzberger; and his brothers, Cyril, Donald, Vernon and Alan Hanken.
Condolences may be left at www.phillips funeralhomes.com.
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