Lester Otto Hansen

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LESTER O. HANSEN

BORN
October 24, 1936
Faulkton, South Dakota
PASSED AWAY
May 16, 2014
Sheldon, Iowa

VISITATION
After 4 P.M. Monday, May 19, 2014
Family Present from 5 7 P.M.
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Boyden, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Boyden, Iowa
Pastor Brian Schafer ~ Officiating

MUSIC
On Eagles Wings
Heaven Medley
Sung by: Marilyn Maurer, Colleen Niemeyer &
Mary Jo Huls

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Terry Lewis Lonnie Lewis
CASKET BEARERS
Jene Jansen Jack Jansen
Joel Jansen Rodger Hansen
Allan Lewis Larry Lewis

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Sheridan Township Cemetery
Boyden, Iowa
Military rights presented by: William Monster
Post # 272 of the American Legion in Boyden, Iowa

After todays graveside service, relatives and friends are invited
to join the family at the Demco Community Building in Boyden.

Arrangements are under the care of the
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Boyden, Iowa.

LESTER O. HANSEN

Lester Otto Hansen, the son of Otto and Marian (Hawke) Hansen was born on October 24, 1936 in Frankfort, South Dakota. He graduated from Doland High School in Doland, South Dakota in 1956 and later received his Associates Degree from Sioux Empire College. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1958 and was honorably discharged in 1961. While in the Air Force he was a mechanic for the B52 Bombers and also worked on the Minute Man missile sites in Rapid City. He was united in marriage to Joan Heffernan in Redfield, South Dakota on September 7, 1958. After they got married they settled in Boyden, Iowa where Lester was a Machining Department Supervisor for Demco for over 30 years, retiring in 2002. He went back part time for Demco from 2004 2012. Lester also worked as a crane operator working on a number of bridges around the area. Lester passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, reaching the age of 77 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Lester enjoyed camping, traveling, fishing, hunting and owning nice black cars. He loved being a grandpa and was a faithful husband visiting his wife everyday while in the nursing home.
Left to cherish Lesters life is his wife, Joan Hansen of Boyden; two children, Bonnie and her husband Mike Diekevers of Boyden and Leslie and his wife Barb Hansen of Alton, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Jenna, Todd, Breanne, Karissa, Mitchell, Ben and Rebecca; two great grandchildren, Mackenzie and Jacie; a brother, Lyle Hansen of Yakima, Washington; two sisters and husbands, Joyce and John Jansen of Ashton, South Dakota and Carol and Oscar Woodfork of Redfield, South Dakota; also nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Donna Zens and Bernadine Lewis.