Obit: Hanson, Peter (1889 – 1974)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Hanson, Swalve, Redwine, Schraufnagel, Westendorf, Johnson, Randall, Rauley

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 10 Oct 1974

Hanson, Peter (13 Jul 1889 – 7 Oct 1974)

Mr. Peter Hanson died at the Continental Manor, Abbotsford at 8:10 a.m. Monday, October 7, 1974. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, with Rev. Robert Swalve officiating. He was buried at the Abbotsford Cemetery.

Mr. Hanson was born at Curtiss on July 13, 1889, and was married to Elizabeth Redwine March 21, 1914 at Owen. He received his education at Curtiss and worked in lumber camps for several years, and also for the lumber company at Owen. They moved to homestead a farm west of Abbotsford in the Town of Mayville. He had been a resident of Abbotsford since 2967. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cletus (Anna Marie) Schraufnagel, Colby, Mrs. Russell (Dorothy) Westendorf, Withee, and one son, John Hanson, Westboro, three sisters, Mrs. Norma Johnson, Abbotsford, Mrs. Paulina Randall, Owen, Mrs. Laurel Rauley, San Antonio, Texas, and one brother, Ole J. Hanson, Abbotsford.

He is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife and six sisters.