Leona M. Hansen, 91, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Leona Mildred Johansen was born Nov. 28, 1917, in Antelope County, Neb., to Kristian F. and Lille (Johnson) Johansen. She was baptized at the Danish Lutheran Church in Antelope County.

She moved with her parents to Fremont, and later to Lincoln. She was confirmed at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lincoln. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1937, and received her teaching certificate from Dana College. She taught school in Tekamah and Kennard.

On Sept. 14, 1940, she married James F. Hansen in Lincoln.

The couple farmed in the Cumming City area until 1980. Mrs. Hansen was the librarian at the Blair Public Library for 19 years, retiring in 1982. She was a member of First Lutheran Church, where she volunteered as a Sunday School teacher. She also helped with 4-H and was a member of the Bridgeview Extension Club and the Monday Afternoon Club.

She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Marilyn Hansen of Yankton, S.D., and Richard and Lorraine Hansen of Blair; five granddaughters, Kristin and Todd Loncorich, Plymouth, Minn., Susan Hansen and Tod Foley, Minneapolis, Minn., Amie and Clint Clausen, Randolph, Kathryn Hansen, St. Louis Park, Minn., Cindy and Troy Clausen of Blair; great-grandchildren, Jolee, Jordan, Chase and Triston Clausen, and Ann and Rachel Loncorich.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James, in 1987; an infant daughter; infant great-granddaughter, Wilson Hansen Foley; brother and sister-in-law, Ivan and Agnes Johansen, sisters and brothers-in-law, Vera Mae and Mark Benson and Dorithy and Jack Obbink.

Memorials are suggested to First Lutheran Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Community or the Blair Public Library.

#2 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Leona Mildred Hansen

Born: November 28, 1917 Antelope County, Nebraska; Entered Into Rest: December 12, 2008, Blair, Nebraska

Services: 11AM Friday, December 19, 2008 First Lutheran Church, Blair, Nebraska. Ministers: Rev. Walt Behrens, Pam Chula, Bogart Nomad. Organist: Clare Cowing; Vocalists: Karna Dam, Jolee Clausen (Leona’s great-grandchildren). Vocal Selections:”What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “Softly and Tenderly”, “Jesus Loves Me”. Congregational Hymns: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”, “Joy To The World”

Casket Bearers: Amie Clausen, Cynthia Clausen, Jolee Clausen, Kathryn Hansen, Kristin Hansen Loncorich, Susan Hansen

Honorary Pallbearers: Clint Clausen, Troy Clausen, Triston Clausen, Todd Loncorich

Junior Honorary Pallbearers: Chase Clausen, Jordan Clausen, Triston Clausen, Ann Loncorich, Rachel Loncorich

Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

~~~obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Association. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska

Note: there was a brief obituary printed in the Nov. 14, 2008 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska that did not have any additional information

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