C. X. HANSEN DIED SUDDENLY LAST FRIDAY

Teacher In Dana College For Forty Four Years. Highly Honored

THREE TIMES PRESIDENT

Professor C. X. Hansen, highly respected citizen and beloved by all who knew him and a member of the faculty of Dana College since 1897, died suddenly at his home last Friday of a heart attack.

Chris X. Hansen was born on a farm near Lyons Nebraska November 8, 1869, the son of Niels and Marie Hansen. Having shown early indications of aptitude for intellectual pursuits, he became a member of the first student body at Trinity Seminary, Blair, Nebraska during the school year 1886-87. Later he entered Midland College, Atchison, Kansas for a full Liberal Arts Course. Upon his graduation in 1897, he returned to Blair to enter upon his life work as instructor and administrator in Dana College, his own church school. In 1898 he was united in marriage with Miss Ida Hultberg of Oakland, Nebraska.

No less than three times was Hansen called upon to assume administrative duties as executive head of Dana College and Trinity Seminary, these periods covering the years 1908-14, 1919-25, and 1936-38. His services to the cause of Christian education were recognized in 1921 by the conferring upon him of the degree of L.H.D. by his Alma Mater, Midland College, now located at Fremont, Nebraska.

After recovery from a serious illness a few years ago, Dr. Hansen was able to continue his work as head of the Department of Education at Dana College without interruption to the last. Death came to him suddenly on the afternoon of August 15 as the result of a heart attack. His age was 71 years, 9 months, and 7 days. Left to mourn their loss are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. E. E. Gustin and Mrs. Bernard Wulf of Blair; five sons, Harold and Ernest of Omaha; Elliott of Camp Roberts, California; Winston of San Antonio, Texas; and Paul, present registrar of Dana College; also two brothers, Tom of Rosalie and Andrew of Lyons, Nebraska; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hultberg of Blair; Mrs. Will Petersen of Bayard, Nebraska; and Mrs. Willard Mowrer of Pasadena, California, as well as a host of devoted friends and former pupils within and without the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church throughout the land.

The funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the home, at which time Rev. Erhardt Nielsen of Jacksonville, Iowa, assisted, and at three o’clock at the First Lutheran church in the presence of between 400 and 500 people, the services were continued with Rev. Harold C. Jorgensen officiating.

Brief talks were made by Rev. L. Siersbeck, representing the college; Dr. J. P. Nielsen, representing Trinity Seminary, and Dr. N. C. Carlsen, representing the United Danish Lutheran church. Others making talks were Dr. L. W. Roe, president of St. Olaf College; Dr. W. F. Rangeler, Midland college and Western Theological Seminary; Rev. Paul M. Lindberg, president of Luther College of Wahoo, Nebraska, and Rev. H. W. Bondo of Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Music was furnished by John W. Link at the organ and Mrs. Paul Nyholm of Blair and Robert Hogzett of Emerson, Iowa rendered several vocal solos. The choir of the First Lutheran Church of Blair and a quartet of ladies sang at the home and at the grave.

The pallbearers were Dr. C. B Larsen and Rev. Paul Nyholm of Trinity Seminary; Prof. H. F. Swansen and Prof. S. M. Thomsen of the College; N. T. Lund of the board of trustees and Ed Gilbertson, a neighbor for many years.

During the funeral rites the business houses were closed in honor of the man whom all had learned to hold in the highest respect for his sincerity of purpose, his high plane of living and the example that he had set in the line of Christian duty.

Burial was made in the Blair cemetery.

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DR. C.X. HANSEN DEATH MOURNED

SUDDEN HEART ATTACK FATAL HERE FRIDAY TO FORMER DANA PRESIDENT

500 ATTEND RITES MONDAY AFTERNOON

LEADER IN COLLEGE AND SEMINARY AFFAIRS DURING ENTIRE HISTORY OF SCHOOL

DR. HANSEN MOURNED BY HUNDREDS OF FORMER STUDENTS

Stricken by a sudden heart attack, Dr. C. X. Hansen, 71, long a leader in affairs of Dana College and Trinity Seminary, collapsed and died Friday afternoon at his home on College Hill.

His passing, entirely unexpected, came as a severe shock to members of his family and to the hundreds of personal friends he had made in his church and school activities.

Funeral services, in charge of Bendorf Funeral Hone, were held Monday. There was a short service at the Hansen home at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. Erhardt Nielsen of Jacksonville, Iowa in charge.

At 3 p.m. the funeral cortege proceeded to First Lutheran Church, where the pastor, the Rev. Harold C. Jorgensen, officiated and delivered a sermon. Other messages were brought by The Rev. Lawrence Siersbeck, president of Dana College, who represented that institution, Dr. J. P. Nielsen, president of Trinity Seminary; Dr. N. C. Carlsen of Blair, president of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Dr. L. W. Boe, president of S. Olaf’s College at Northfield, Minnesota; Dr. W. F. Rangeler, representing Western Theological Seminary and Midland College at Fremont; and the Rev. H. W. Bondo of Albert Lee, Minnesota, representing the Bondo family.

Five hundred persons filled the church and lawn for the rites.

Prof. John W. Link presided at the organ. The church choir sang, and there were solos by Mrs. Paul Nyholm of Blair and Robert Hogzett of Emerson, Iowa, a Dana student.

Interment was in Blair Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. C. B. Larsen and the Rev. Paul Nyholm, representing Trinity seminary; Prof. H. F. Swansen and S. M. Thomsen, representing Dana College; N. T. Lund, representing the Dana board of trustees; and Ed Gilbertson, long a neighbor and friend of Dr. Hansen.

Chris X. Hansen, son of Niels and Marie Hansen, was born November 8, 1869, on a farm near Lyons, Nebraska. As a youth he was a member of the first student body at Trinity Seminary in Blair during the 1886-87 school year. Later he entered Midland College at Atchison, Kansas, for a full liberal arts course. Upon his graduation in 1897 he returned to Dana, where he spent his whole career as an educator and administer.

He and Miss Ida M. Hultberg of Oakland were married December 25, 1898.

~~~Obituary courtesy of Washington County, Nebraska Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska

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