Remembering the life of Lyle J. Hansen....
The Funeral Service for Lyle J. Hansen of Albert Lea, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Zion Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. Pastor Joel Vano will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. -7:00 P.M. on Monday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Lyle died on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the Good Samaritan Center.
He was 90 years old.
He was born on September 8, 1917, in Alden, Minnesota the son of Julius
and Lila (Baker) Hansen. He attended rural country school near Alden and then helped his dad farm as well as helping other farmers.
In 1938, Lyle was united in marriage to Elizabeth "Liz" (Bybee). They had celebrated more than 69 years together and were blessed with nine children. Lyle had worked in construction, was a truck driver for Farmers Elevator in Hayward from 1948 until 1965, and then worked at Freeborn Foods until his retirement in 1982.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the Elks Club. Lyle was an avid fisherman, a Mr. Fix-it, and enjoyed gardening and outside work as well as cooking and canning.
Lyle will be lovingly missed by his family, his wife Elizabeth of Albert Lea, children: Rosamond "Rosie" (John) Rasmussen of Albert Lea, LaDonna (George) Hansen Tucker of Jackson, TN, Dennis (Lucy) Hansen of Houston, TX, Ronald "Red" (Jeanne) Hansen of Albert Lea, Jerry Hansen and Tom Hansen both of Knoxville, TN, Suzanne (Hugh Crawford) Nelson of Albert Lea, Julie (Rod) Rustan of Rochester, MN, Jeff Hansen of Orlando, FL; 15 grandchildren: 19 great grandchildren:csister Alice Weltzen of McGregor, MN, brothers: Gerald (Doris) Hansen of Albert Lea, Leslie (Delores) Hansen of Rice Lake, sister-in-law: Mary (Art)Cook of Glendora, CA, brothers-in-law: Richard (Martha) Bybee of Rowland Heights, CA, Charles (Kim) Bybee of Albert Lea and JoecBybee of Sanford, FL, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.