Obit: Hansen, Harry C. (1886 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Hansen, Johnson, Jackson, White, Prock, Mazola, Walker, Seelow, Mortenson, Light, Bates, Wanish, Wall, Grether, Markham, Sheffer, Jennings, Barr, Burchell, Hoeft, Opelt, Krause, Rennak, Scholze, Metcalf, Kauffman, Gard, Bowman, Kirn, Denk, Bremer, Murphy, Tomlinson, Franz, Clouse, Schaller, Ives, Anderson, Plummer, Michel, Reuter, Benecke, Marsusen, Nelson, Moore, Peterson, Graff, Harcey

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 4, 1960

Hansen, Harry C. (2 August 1886 - 27 January 1960)

Funeral services were held Saturday from the United Church of Christ for Harry C. Hansen, 73, of Humbird, who died Wednesday at his home in the Town of Mentor. The Rev. Frank B. Harcey officiated and burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mr. Hansen was born August 2, 1886, in Denmark, where he received his education.  He worked at various jobs as a young man, and following his marriage to the former Christine Johnson on October 15, 1908, at Denmark, the young couple homesteaded in North Dakota.  In 1913 they returned to Wisconsin and located on a farm in Price County.  They farmed until 1927, when they came to Clark County.  In 1953, they built a new home in the Town of Mentor, where they were living at the time of his death.  He had been in ill health for the past year.

He was a member of the United Church of Christ.

Surviving are his wife and the following 12 children: Mrs. Robert (Genevieve) Jackson, Greenwood; Melnard Hansen and Mrs. Sylvia White, Milwaukee; Leland Hansen, Granton; Mrs. Harold (Pearl) Prock, Neillsville; Orbert Hansen, Humbird; Mrs. John (Belle) Mazola, Neillsville, Mrs. Dewey (Evelyn) Walker, Fairchild; Mrs. Kenneth (Eleanore) Seelow, Milwaukee, Mrs. Robert (Carol) Mortenson, Neillsville; Everett Hansen, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Harvey (Lila) Light, Granton.  Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Stena Bates, Tigerton, and Mrs. Tom (Gertrude) Wanish, Catawba; two brothers, Herman Hansen of Denmark, and F. M. Hansen, Catawba; 49 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were made by the Georgas Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were: Emery J. Hansen, Robert Hansen, Henry Hansen, Wally Wanish and John Wanish.

Flowers were carried by: Mrs. Earl Hansen, Mrs. Henry Hansen, and Mrs. Robert Hansen.

Two hymns "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Beyond the Sunset," were sung by Ellis Wall, vocalist, who was accompanied by Mrs. Marie Grether.

People from out of town here for the services were: Mrs. Harry Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Orbert Hansen and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Markham, Mrs. Walter Sheffer, Mrs. Harry Jennings, Mrs. Fred Barr, Mrs. J. A. Burchell, all of Humbird; Mrs. Sylvia White, Mr. and Mrs. Melnard Hansen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Seelow and children, Mr. and Mrs. Everett (Bud) Hansen and family, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hansen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Light, Mrs. Ottelia Hoeft, Mr. and Mrs. Max Opelt, Mrs. Carl Krause, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick  Seelow, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rennak, Granton.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Walker and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Scholze, Marlene Metcalf, and Everett B. Kaufmann, Fairchild; Mr. and Mrs. John Gard, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bowman, Merrillan; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kirn, Mrs. Leonard Denk, Mrs. Bud Bremer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Tomlinson and daughter, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Franz, Wallace J. Clouse, Wayne Jackson, Elk Mound; Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Jackson and sons, Pewaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hansen and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. John Schaller, Unity.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ives and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker, Osseo; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hansen, Algoma; Emery Hansen, Ellendale, N. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Prock, Bettendorf, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Anderson and children, Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. Dordon Michel, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hansen, Merton B. Hansen, and Fred M. Hansen, Faribault, Minn.; Walter R. Johnson, and Mrs. Charles Reuter, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Johnson, Mrs. Earl Benecke, Stratford; Tony Marsusen, Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Johnson, Denmark; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Nelson, Dennison, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Hansen, Two Rivers; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Peterson, Mrs. Holger Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wanish Sr., John, Wally, and Tom Wanish, Jr. and Vernon Wanish all of Catawba; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson, Iron Mountain, Mich.; Miss Jean Graff, Menomonie; and Mrs. Pete Anderson, Kennan.