Mary M. (Shultz) Hansen (1901 - 1978)

Born 7 Oct 1901 in Darke County, OH [uncertain]

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Biography

Author: Francis D. Motschman, Sr.

The Shultz Family of Darke County, Ohio

The Biography of Mary M. Shultz Daughter of William Sherman Shultz and Whilemena "Lillie" Mae Petersime by Francis D. Motschman, Sr.

The sixth child of Sherman and Lillie was a girl whom they named Mary M. Shultz. She was born on Mon., October 7, 1901. According to her brother Sherman, she caused him to get numerous spankings by doing things that he got blamed for. He couldn't remember any specific instances but he said she would do things that would appear to be something a boy would do, not a girl, so he would take the blame. She married William Hansen, Sr., the son of Hans Hansen and Anna in Gary, Indiana in 1921 and they had one child, a boy, William Hansen, Jr.. William Hansen, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on Sat., June 30, 1923.

William Hansen, Sr. was an expert wood carver. He loved to make little things that worked such as miniature ice tongs or a very, very small pair of scissors. William was not a well man for several years. This illness resulted in his death in November, 1953 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

After he died Mary worked for a number of Syrian people in the Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor area of Michigan. She was at home in this area, having spent most of her married life there. Mary had a knack of motivating people who were ill and getting them to put real effort into getting well. She became very well known for this in the Syrian Community and she always had a waiting list of places for her to visit. When she died, Tue., March 14, 1978 there was a large turnout of Syrian people at her funeral. They seemed genuinely saddened at her demise.

Mary was one of the most unforgetable characters I have come across in my lifetime. After William, Sr. died she would visit the Dayton area about once a year and for some reason she liked to stay with my wife and I during these stays. Her stays would, generally last for about 2 months. When she would first get here she would amaze you with the way she did things. For instance, she would never go from one end of the house to the other without doing something else at the same time. Like take something with her to drop off on the way. If there was nothing to move she would grab a dust rag and dust things where ever she walked. I guess you would call her an efficiency expert. Efficiency experts can be very taxing. We loved seeing her come but we were just as happy to see her go, I'm sorry to say.

William Hansen, Jr. married Barbara Jean Taylor of Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of, Lawrence Allen Taylor and Hildred Leone Sellers. Barbara was born on Sun., December 21, 1930, d. Sun., January 19, 1997 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

William and Barbara had five children., four boys and one girl. The boys are as follows: 1. Christopher Sherman Hansen, b. Xmas day, had a boy, Paul William Hansen b. Sun., July 8, 1990 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. 2. Glenn Michael Hansen, b. Thu., July 26, 1951, Ypsilanti, Michigan 3. Allen Gregory Hansen, b. Sun., August 23, 1953, Ypsilanti, Michigan 4. Mark William Hansen, b. Wed., November 2, 1955, Ypsilanti, Michigan 5. Deborah Jean Hansen, b. Wed., July 10, 1957, Ypsilanti, Michigan, m. Gary Dean Britton b. Mon., June 8, 1953.

Sources

• [1] The Biography of Mary M. Shultz - Francis D. Motschman, Sr.