Margaret Dorn Hansen, 81 of Blair died Friday, June 13, 1997 at her daughter's home in Omaha after a bout with cancer.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Hansen was born Jan. 10, 1916 at Carl Junction, Mo., to Louis and Violet (Moore) Dorn. She attended Wayne State College, the University of California at Berkeley and Dana College, where she received her bachelor's degree in 1996, earning the honor of being the oldest person to receive a diploma at Dana.

On June 3, 1942, she married Raymond C. Hansen in Mobile, Ala.

She was a 68 - year member of the United Methodist Church, where she was also a lifetime member and past president of the United Methodist Women. She had prepared the church's altar flowers, often using wildflowers, for over 25 years. She was Past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, McKinley Chapter No. 161; and was a member of PEO Chapter HL and the Monday Afternoon Club in Blair.

Survivors are her three children, David Hansen of Blair, Jane Gilbert of Omaha and Richard Hansen of Blair; sisters, Jean Thompson of Raynham, Mass.; Virginia Simpson of Craig, Neb.; Violet Little of Marshfield, Mo. and Elaine Warren of Blair; a brother ,George Dorn of Grand Island, Neb. and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond, who was Blair's mayor from 1952 - 58.

Memorials may be given to First Untied Methodist Church, Dana College or the Methodist Hospice.

Campbell - Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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