CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - HANSEN Elmer Lundbeck

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Elmer Hansen

Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:02 AM CDT

Elmer Hansen, age 93, of Hartington, NE, died on Thursday, June 11, 2009, 
at the Park View Haven Nursing Home in Coleridge.

Funeral Services will be on Monday, June 15, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the 
Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington, with Rev. Bob Bryan officiating.

Burial will be in the Hartington City Cemetery.

Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a Prayer Service 
and Video tribute at 7:00 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington. 
Visitation will begin one hour prior to services on Monday at the church.

To send online condolences or to view the video tribute, please visit 
www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.

Pallbearers will be Brian Bonneau, Cory Bonneau, Robert Wingender, Kenneth 
Wingender, Keith Wingender, Patrick Hansen, Joel Hochstein, Michael Sandfort 
and Michael Ramsey.
 
Elmer Lundbeck Hansen was born on August 26, 1915, on a farm near Hartington to 
John and Anna (Andersen) Hansen. He was baptized on September 12, 1919, and was 
confirmed on May 31, 1931 at the Danish Lutheran Church in Laurel, NE. He 
attended Pleasant View Country School and graduated on May 25, 1929. Elmer met 
the love of his life and married Cleone Berniece Nordby on January 20, 1944, at 
Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington. Elmer lived and farmed seven miles southeast 
of Hartington until moving into town in the fall of 1983. He also worked in Sioux 
City, Iowa, for a steel company until his retirement.

Elmer was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington. He was an avid 
sports fan and enjoyed playing and watching baseball. He also enjoyed traveling 
throughout the United States and Canada, bowling, and playing cards with friends 
and family.

Elmer is survived by his wife, Cleone, of Hartington; three children and their 
spouses, Karen and Don Bonneau of Los Alamos, N.M.; Robert and Nancy Hansen of 
Coleridge, NE; Kristi Hochstein of Hartington; a son-in-law, Bruce Wingender of 
Omaha, NE; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Bernice Wingender, two brothers, 
Axle and Henry Hansen, and a grandson in law, Russ Orr.

Yankton Press & Dakotan
June 13, 2009