Elmer and Letta Hansen Obituaries

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, February 26, 1970
 
LAST RITES HELD FOR ELMER HANSEN
 
Funeral services were held Friday, February 20, 1970, from the United Methodist church for Elmer Broder Hansen, 73, a long time resident of Holyoke, who passed away at Melissa Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, February 17, 1970, following a heart attack complicated with pneumonia.
 
Rev. W.L. Youngblood, minister of the church, officiated at the service. Interment was in Holyoke Memorial Park. Arrangements were in charge of Thompson Mortuary.
 
Elmer Broder Hansen, son of Ole and Metha* Hansen, was born on December 31, 1896 at Neligh, Nebraska. He attended public schools in Nebraska and Colorado until 1913. He lived in Neligh and Brunswick, Nebraska until 1908 when he moved to Colorado with his family and resided on a farm northeast of Holyoke.
 
On June 2, 1929 he was married to Letta Kerchner at Holyoke, they were united in marriage by Harry T. Morris. To this union were born a son, Gordon and a daughter, Lorna.
 
He farmed until 1929, then worked for the Co-Op in Amherst and Holyoke. He served as Phillips County Deputy Sheriff. He served in World War I from September 4, 1918, until December 8, 1918.
 
His hobbies included baseball, hunting and fishing and he enjoyed life and its activities. He was active in the Colorado Consistory Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons. Past Master, Holyoke Lodge 81 AF & AM, Holyoke Chapter 105, Order of the Eastern Star and Past Commander of American Legion Post 90.
 
He was preceded in death by his father and mother and a brother, Walter, who died in infancy.
 
He is survived by his wife, Letta, a son, Gordon K. Hansen, and a daughter, Mrs. Lorna L. Cline, both of Denver. Two sisters, Agnes Critchlow, Holyoke, and Malvina Krueger, Los Angeles, California, and many other relatives and friends.
 
Relatives attending from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. A.O. Krueger, Los Angeles; Donald and Mary Lou Kerchner, Arvada; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hargreaves and sons, Enterprise, Kansas; Wayne Hargreaves, Commerce City; Mrs. Dewey Lee and Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Theron Lee of Madrid, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lee, Ogallala, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lee, Grant, Nebraska; Linda Yost, Greeley; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cline, Gordon Hansen and Floyd Davis of Denver.
 
*Dinnsen
 
 
 
Elmer Broder Hansen

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, 6 Jan 1994
 
Letta Cordelia Kerchner Hansen of Holyoke was born November 9, 1903 to Lewis and Bertha Graybill Kerchner in Logan, Iowa. She passed away at Prairie Vista Care Center in Holyoke December 27, 1993 at the age of 90.
 
Letta was the second oldest of five children. She had lived in Logan, Iowa; Kansas; Elgin and Clay Center, Nebraska; Amherst and Holyoke.
 
She graduated from Phillips County High School in 1923. From 1923 to 1929 Letta taught school or went to Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, receiving her B.A. degree in August of 1929.
 
On June 2, 1929 she and Elmer Hansen were married. They lived in Amherst. In 1937, they moved to Holyoke. Letta taught school for 18 years. During her marriage, two children were born, a son Gordon and a daughter Lorna.
 
Letta had been Worthy Matron in the Order of the Eastern Star from 1960 to 1961. She had been Oracle and was Recorder for several years in Royal Neighbors of America. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Besides being a loving, caring and supportive mother and grandmother, she loved flowers and gardening.
 
Preceding her in death were her parents Lewis and Bertha Kerchner; husband Elmer; brothers Harold and Donald Kerchner; and sister Lillie Lee.
 
Survivors include son Gordon of California; daughter Lorna Charles of Holyoke; sister Frances Runge of Holyoke; three grandsons; and other nieces and nephews.
 
Services were held Thursday, December 30, 1993 at First United Methodist Church in Holyoke with Rev. Jack Pedotto officiating.
 
 
 
Letta Cordelia (Kerchner) Hansen
 

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