Richard LaVern Hansen (1927 - 2013)

Born 27 Jul 1927 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Carol Jean (Twinam) Hansen — married 1 Jul 1945 in Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States

Died 28 Oct 2013 at age 86 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa, United States

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Biography

1927 BIRTH
Richard Lavern "Dick" Hansen, son of Oscar Carl Hansen and Leah Matilda Moore,
was born 27 July 1927 at home at 710 Lincoln Street in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.^[1][2][3][4]

1930 US Census
825 3rd St, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa^[5]

Oscar Hansen, 29, b Iowa, truck driver post office

Leah Hansen, 31, b Iowa, wife

Russel Hansen, 7, b Iowa, son

Richard Hansen, 2, b Iowa, son

1940 US Census
122 W 2nd, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa^[6]

Oscar Hansen, 39, b Iowa, proprietor transfer company

Leah Hansen, 41, b Iowa, wife

Russell Hansen, 17, b Iowa, son

Richard Hansen, 12, b Iowa, son

1941-1945 Cedar Falls Municipal Band

Richard Hansen - Cedar Falls Municipal Band

Richard joined the award winning Cedar Falls Municipal Band in his freshman year (1941). This photo was taken by the Blue Line building, 2nd and Washington Streets.

1943 - Cedar Falls Municipal Band - Russ & Richard Hansen

He remained in the band until leaving for the Navy in 1945 then played a couple of concerts following the war. Richard played the tuba and his brother Russ played the flute. ^[7]

1945 Cedar Falls High School Tigers

1945 - Richard Dick Hansen - Cedar Falls High School

"A fellow of plain and uncoined constancy. Jr partner in Blue Line. Awards in football in freshman and senior years. Band and orchestra awards. Hi-Y 1st two years. Letterman's Club Senior Year. "-- 1945 CF High School Tigers Yearbook^[8]

1945 MARRIAGE
Richard Hansen and Carol Jean Twinam married 2 July 1945 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.^[9]

TWINAM-HANSEN VOWS EXCHANGED

Miss Carol Jean Twinam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Twinam 1524-1/2 West Fifth Street became the bride of Richard L. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hansen, 825 West Third Street, Cedar Falls, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Little Brown Church at Nashua. Rev F.L. Hanscom, officiated at the double ring ceremony... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lexington were attendants...The groom is employed by the Blue Line Transfer Co and the bride is an employee of John Deere Co.^[10]

Carol Jean Twinam & Richard LaVern Hansen Wedding

They had two sons born in Iowa.

1945-1946 World War II - US Navy
Richard L Hansen served 1 Aug 1945 Des Moines to 6 Jun 1946 USNTC Great Lakes Illinois and 3 Nov 1945 - 29 Apr 1946, Shoemaker, California, USS Neville APA 9.^{[11] [12]}

"I attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Center. Assigned to APA 9, U.S.S. Neville, which took occupying troops into Japanese base on Truk Island and made port in Hollandia, New Guinea, and the islands of Guam and Manus. Closest I ever came to any guns was while taking troops to the surrender of the Jap's naval base at Truk. Passed through Panama Canal on way to Boston Naval Base, where ship was de-commissoned at end of World War II." -- Richard Hansen, 2006 ^[7]

US Navy, World War II - Richard L Hansen

On 7 June 1946, Richard L Hansen, just released from the Navy, registered for the World War II draft.^[13]
On 6 May 1949, he applied for WW II bonus in Cedar Falls on 6 May 1949.^[11]

Shortly after completing his Naval service, the Cedar Falls native returned home and earned a BA at Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI.) He later achieved an MS from Drake University and a Specialist in Education degree from the University of Northern Iowa.^[14]

1950 US Census
Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa^[15]

Richard L Hansen, 22, Commercial Math Teacher, city schools

Carol Hansen, 24, wife

Ronald Lynn Hansen, 2, son

2010 MY LIFE AS RICHARD HANSEN

My Life as Richard Hansen (page 1)

My Life as Richard Hansen

2013 DEATH AND BURIAL
Richard Hansen died 28 October 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society in West Union, Iowa. ^[16][17]
He is buried with his wife Carol at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.^[18][19]

Richard L & Carol J Hansen Gravestone - Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Richard Hansen Obituary

Richard LaVern Hansen, 86, of West Union, formerly of Elkader, passed away after a short illness on Oct. 28, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Society in West Union. He was born July 27, 1927, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Oscar and Leah (Moore) Hansen.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Carol Jean (Twinam) Hansen; his parents; and a daughter-in-law, Wanda (Johnson) Hansen. He is survived by two sons... and a brother, Russell Hansen of Mesa, Ariz. Other survivors include five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter, two nieces and several cousins.

Richard graduated from Cedar Falls High School, enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and married Carol at the Little Brown Church in 1945. Following the war, he secured degrees from Iowa State Teachers College, Drake University, and the University of Northern Iowa, and devoted 40 years to education. He served as a teacher, high school principal, superintendent, special education director, county superintendent (Chickasaw and Fayette counties), and retired in 1989 as administrator of the Keystone Area Agency.

He was a member of the West Union United Methodist Church, the American Legion since World War II, the Lions and Rotary clubs, the Elkader and West Union Masonic lodges, West Union History and Literature Club, the National Education Association, and both the National and Iowa Association of School Administrators.

Richard passed on with deep appreciation for the many years of love and support provided by Carol and their sons. He was particularly proud of his sons' accomplishments and their families.

A service will be held at Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, at 1 p.m. Nov. 2, with a visitation one hour before. Inurnment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Good Samaritan Society, West Union, IA 52175. S.K. Rogers Funeral Home in West Union is in charge of the arrangements.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DPD-TY9B : 6 January 2022), Richard La Vern Hansen, 1927.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46Q-3JP : 10 March 2018), Richard La Vern Hansen, 27 Jul 1927; citing Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,561,084.
3. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP82-YP3V : 18 May 2019), Oscar Carl Hansen in entry for Richard La Vern Hansen, 27 Jul 1927; citing Birth, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
4. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP82-YP3J : 18 May 2019), Richard La Vern Hansen, 27 Jul 1927; citing Birth, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNC-BL9 : accessed 29 May 2023), Richard Hansen in household of Oscar Hansen, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 13B, line 87, family 378, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 642; FHL microfilm 2,340,377.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KMR1-S7Y : Wed Apr 05 11:09:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Oscar Hansen and Richard Hansen, 1940.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Richard Hansen email 2006
8. ↑ Cedar Falls High School Annual, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1945, Richard Hansen
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.[1]
10. ↑ Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, Iowa
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: WWII Bonus Case Files. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.[2]
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939-01/01/1949. A-1 Entry 135, 10230 rolls, NAID: 594996. Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Record Group 24. National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.[3]
14. ↑ VanSickle, Mike, Union News Editor, "My Life as Richard Hansen," West Union, Iowa, 10 Mar 2010
15. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F3L-PPP9 : Sun Jan 29 23:22:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Marvin F Ebaugh and Layce Ebaugh, 13 April 1950. [transcription error-This in not Entry for Marvin F Ebaugh and Layce Ebaugh]
16. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJ7-3F9 : 20 May 2014), Richard L Hansen, 28 Oct 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
17. ↑ The Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa · Friday, November 01, 2013, Richard Hansen Obituary
18. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119601635/richard-lavern-hansen: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Richard LaVern Hansen (27 Jul 1927–28 Oct 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119601635, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47214540).
19. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPT-5QWJ : accessed 1 October 2019), Richard Lavern Hansen, Iowa, United States, 01 Nov 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, born-digital text.
20. ↑ From: skrogersfuneralhome.com, posted on Find A Grave 119601635

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