Alice A. Hansen

NORFOLK — Services for Alice Arlene Bennett Hansen, 88, of Norfolk will be at Stonacek Funeral Chapel, Norfolk, at 10 a.m. Saturday with burial at Orchard Hill Cemetery at Orchard and the Rev. Terry Buol officiating. Visitation wil be 4-7 p.m. Friday. She died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. The family requests memorials to the Nebraska Kidney Foundation. She was born March 21, 1926, on the Bennett family homestead, rural Naper, to Harold and Annette (Saul) Bennett. She attended grade school at District 50 in Boyd County for her eight years, then the first two years of high school in Bonesteel, S.D., then attended and graduated from Butte High School in 1943. She graduated from Chadron State College. She was married to Harold James Hansen of Vivian, S.D., on July 30, 1950. To this union three boys and one girl were born. After marriage, in 1952, Harold and Alice moved to a farm northeast of Spencer. They later purchased a farm one mile west and two miles south of Monowi. They lived there 10 years until Harold’s health failed. They moved to Orchard. In December 1972, she graduated from Chadron State College, Chadron. In 1973, they moved to Ewing. Alice was a school teacher for 31 years in Holt and Boyd counties. She retired from teaching in 1985, and Harold and Alice moved to Norfolk so Harold could be on dialysis. Alice loved to read, crochet, quilt and do many crafts. She made many different kinds of candy that she would take to craft shows and for customers. She was a member of the United Methodist Church for 64 years, Wesleyan Guild, United Methodist Women, Norfolk Retired Teachers, Northeast Nebraska Rock and Mineral Society, Northeast Nebraska Philatelic Society, Deborah Rebekah Lodge 63 for 45 years, Ladies Encampment Auxiliary-Elkhorn 27, Ladies Auxiliary Patriarch Militant 30 and AARP, all of Norfolk. Survivors are two sons, James and wife Mary (Steskal) Hansen of Sikeston, Mo., Charles Hansen of Gering; one daughter, Susan and husband George Tollman of Madison; nine grandchildren and their spouses; 20 great-grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends; sisters-in-law Janice Bennett of Lynch, Margaret Hansen of Box Elder, S.D., and Ruth Masteller of Rapid City, S.D.; and aunt Lea Bennett of Wayne. She was preceded in death by husband Harold in 1986; son Terry in 2007; parents Harold and Annette; one brother, Clayton; seven brother-in-laws, Ed, William, Clarence, Albert, Robert, Don and John; and nine sisters-in-law, Helen, Mary, Bea, Janice, Lois, Juanita, Madeline, Mary and Dorothy. Organist will be Betty Frank with congregational hymns, “Life’s Railway to Heaven,” “Amazing Grace” and “I’ve Walked the Last Mile of the Way.” Casket bearers will be from International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 46. Rites will be conducted by the Deborah Rebekah Lodge 63 of Norfolk. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Alice A. Hansen

March 21, 1926 - January 13, 2015