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Robert L. Hansen
June 18, 1935 - November 1, 2016

Robert L. Hansen age 81, of Ames died Tuesday November 1, 2016 at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.

He was born June 18, 1935 in Fremont to Harry and Ruth (Schrein) Hansen and grew up on the farm northwest of Fremont in the Ames area. He attended Hay Valley School, K through 6th grade, then attended Trinity Lutheran in Fremont for his 7th and 8th grade, and graduated from Fremont High School in 1953 where he was a star football player.

He began farming with his father, and hauled milk for Roberts Dairy. A short time later he went to work for Hormel’s, where he worked nearly 40 years, while continuing to farm.

On December 19, 1954, he was married in Trinity Lutheran Church to Meredith Nelsen, and they have lived on the Hansen farm in the Ames area since 1973.

Survivors: wife - Meredith
daughter – Kim Neisius of Fremont
son – Chad (Barbara)Hansen of Blair
6 grandchildren – Chris (Sawnya) Andersen, Beth (Ray) Howard, Sarah (Hugh) Kam, Laura (Dan) Green, Logan Hansen, and Keel Hansen
5 great grandchildren
3 step great grandchildren
and his beloved black lab companion, Joe

He was preceded by his parents Harry and Ruth, and brother William Hansen, and son-in-law Daniel Neisius.

A memorial service will be 10:30 AM Monday (Nov. 7, 2016) at Trinity Lutheran Church with committal to follow in Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 PM Sunday at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Trinity Lutheran Church and the Dodge County Humane Society.

Online guestbook @ www.ludvigsenmortuary.com

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Robert L. Hansen

June 18, 1935 ~ November 1, 2016

Memorial Service 10:30 AM Monday, November 7, 2016, Trinity Lutheran Church, Fremont, Nebraska. Officiating Clergy: The Rev. Dan Heuer.

Music: Congregational Hymns: “Amazing Grace”; “On Eagles Wings”; “Abide With Me”; Greg Johnson, Organist.

Committal: Memorial Cemetery, Fremont, Nebraska.

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

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