December 27, 2024

Donald Jensen Hansen, age 93, died on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on May 16, 1923 in Calumet, Oklahoma, the son of Christian Jessup and Mary Jensen Hansen. 

He has been a member of the Garden City community since 1985, having moved from Scott City, Kansas. He worked as a Real Estate Broker and Appraiser. Donald was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, Shriners, Eagles Lodge, and a former president of the Kansas Rural Appraisers Association.

In 1952 he married Oneida (Lewis) Peters in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He was married to Oneida from 1952 to 1977. Oneida passed away in 2011 in Fort Collins, Colorado.

In 1985 he married JoAnn Whitham in Garden City, Kansas. She passed away in 2012 in Elkhart, Kansas.

Survivors include:

Three Sons Christian (Joyce) Hansen of Apache Junction, Arizona

Kurt (Kathy) Hansen of Ft. Collins, Colorado

Eric Hansen of Garden City, Kansas

One Daughter Gena (Dennis) Zerlan of Ft. Collins, Colorado

Six Grandchildren Sarah Hansen of Garden City, Kansas

Amanda (Austin) Maier of Garden City, Kansas

Michael (Coy) Page of Aurora, Colorado

David Hansen of Ft. Collins, Colorado

Joshua (Aime) Zerlan of Olathe, Kansas

Dalton Zerlan of Ft. Collins, Colorado

Four Great-Grandchildren Johnathon and Hannah Page of Aurora, Colorado

Jackson and Isabell Mayuga of Olathe, Kansas

One Brother CJ Hansen of Calumet, Oklahoma

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, second wife, grandson, Page Hansen, two brothers, Kenneth Hansen, Clyde Hansen, and one sister, Elda Hansen.

A celebration of life service will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Zerlan residence in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Memorials in lieu of flowers are suggested to the First United Methodist Church of Garden City, Kansas in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main St, Garden City, Kansas 67846.