Janice Hanson, 90
Funeral services for Janice Edna (Strassburg) Hanson, 90, of Brandon, were held Aug. 21, 2017, at Palisades Lutheran Church. Interment was in the church cemetery.
She passed away Aug. 15, 2017, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minn.
Janice Edna Strassburg was born March 19, 1927, at Valley City, N.D., to James and Edna (Lorenzen) Strassburg. She moved with her family to Minnesota in 1936 and graduated from high school at Luverne. Janice married Robert Hanson in 1945. They lived in California during World War II. While Robert served in the U.S. Navy, she worked in a department store. The couple returned to South Dakota and lived in Valley Springs, where they farmed the same place for 45 years. Upon retirement the couple managed apartments 13 years in Brandon.
Janice loved to cook make quilts for family, church and World Relief. She enjoyed camping, fishing and playing cards. Janice was an Elvis Presley fan, a member of the Palisades Lutheran Church, life member of the ELCW Hannah Circle and Valley Springs American Legion Auxiliary. She was president of Lutheran Brotherhood Branch 8607 for 17 years, State Fraternalist of the Year in 1992 and a delegate to the Lutheran Brotherhood National Convention in 1990.
Janice is survived by her sons, Jim Hanson and Joel (Linda) Hanson, both of Valley Springs; granddaughters, Shauna (Jason) Allmon, Brandon, Kylie (Rick) Murray, Brandon, and Heather (Aaron Andrea) Hanson, Corsica; great-grandchildren, Max, Ian, and Storey; sister, Viola Lafrenz, Minneapolis, Minn.; sister-in-law, Delores Strassburg, Luverne, Minn.; and many nieces and nephews.
Janice was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hanson; two infant daughters; two granddaughters, Missy Jo Hanson and Nicole Howlett; her parents, James and Edna (Lorenzen) Strassburg; and four siblings, Al Strassburg, Bill Strassburg, Lucille Claussen, and Gladys Scott.
