Services for longtime area farmer Martin Paulin Martin, 72, who died December 9, 1986, will be held Thursday, December 11, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Rev. Carol Schattauer Jr. will officiate and burial will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Hansen was born October 6, 1914, the son of Mads P. and Paulena Hansen of Blair.

He was baptized in First Lutheran Church on November 8, 1914 and confirmed May 11, 1930.

He married Rachel Nelson on April 29, 1942, at Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church in Fremont.

Hansen was involved in church activities, as well as farming and family.

He served as President of the Pleasant View School and was a member of the First Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd Home boards for many years.

Survivors include his wife, daughters: Marcia Rae Golden of Blair, and Mrs. Doyle (Joan) Schroeder of Talmage; sons: Rodney and Douglas Hansen, both of Blair; three brothers: James, Aaron and Edward, all of Blair; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hansen of Green Bay, Wisconsin and Mrs. Arnold (Lydia) Hansen of Ruskin; and five grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Paul Kempcke, Phil Kempcke, Burnell Lallman, Tom Lippincott, William Lippincott and Harold Paulsen, Jr.

Campbell Funeral Home of Blair was in charge of arrangements.

There is an additional obituary on file, published in the Omaha World Herald on December 9, 1986. It does not contain any additional information.

#3 Funeral Leaflet

In Memory Martin P. Hansen, age 72

Born October 6, 1914 Blair, Nebraska ~ Died December 9, 1986 Blair, Nebraska

Services 2:00 pm Thursday, December 11, 1986 First Lutheran Church, Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Carl Schattauer, Jr. Organist: Clare Cowing. Vocalist: Homer Nielsen

Vocal Selection: “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”; Congregational Hymn: #316 “Jesus The Very Thought of You”

Pallbearers: Paul Kempcke, Phil Kempcke, Burnell Lallman, Tom Lippincott, William Lippincott, Harold Paulsen, Jr.

Graveside Services: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

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

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