Richard Vincent HANSEL
..Richard's Dubuque,IA T.H. Obit read "…He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School and attended the University of Dubuque before serving in the Navy on the USS Herndon in the Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Japan, Korea, and China at the end of the war and had lots of stories to tell about his travels there.
He married Charlene L. Jeffrey, of Galena, Ill., at Immanuel Congregational Church on his 25th birthday in 1946. They would have celebrated their 61st anniversary on July 14, 2007.
Dick was a carpenter, general contractor, and land developer and was very instrumental in the growth of a major portion of the west end of the city of Dubuque. After the war, he joined his parents in W.L. Hansel & Son, building many private homes, including the beautiful Woodward home on Wartburg Place. They later joined with Russell Rafoth, of Dubuque and Woodrow Wenkstern, of Cedar Rapids, to form Hillcrest Builders, Inc. and HRW Associates. Beginning with the first modern subdivision in the city, Hillcrest Heights, which was built in the early 1950s, he went on to create three more subdivisions: Rolling Ridge, Key Knolls and Cedar Lake. He built more than 1,000 homes in Dubuque for a lot of grateful families. He also coordinated the development of the present-day Kennedy Road, originally a farm lane, between Asbury Road and Pennsylvania Avenue and built many of the commercial properties in that corridor. He was proud of the fact that he added an entire mile, from Avalon Road to Hempstead High School, to the city.
He was a founding member of the West End Businessmen's Association and was one of three builder-developers in the state who formed the Iowa State Home Builders Association. He was one of the original members of Ducks Unlimited and was a member of the 990 Shooting Society, the Mosaic Lodge 125, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Kaaba Shrine, the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
In 1977, after the first of his two bypass surgeries, Dick and Charlene moved to Sanibel Island, Fla., where they spent 7 months each year. They were active in the Sanibel Community Church. He also developed the Sabal Sands neighborhood in 1984. Because Dick played cards with the Sanibel building inspector, who sought his input about building safety, he helped put together the "Sanibel" building codes, which are a model for the rest of the country about building in hurricane zones.
Dick was an avid hunter and fisherman who appreciated nature and the out-of-doors. He loved raising birds and animals. He raised Pensom Roller and homing pigeons during the 1960s and raised national champion English Budgerigars in Florida during the 1980s and '90s and enjoyed his many friends in that hobby both in the U.S. and in Great Britain.
Dick was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He loved people and always had a smile and a story for anyone he met. His creativity and vision were exceeded only by his love and kindness."
..Richard's Dubuque,IA T.H. Obit read "…He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School and attended the University of Dubuque before serving in the Navy on the USS Herndon in the Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Japan, Korea, and China at the end of the war and had lots of stories to tell about his travels there.
He married Charlene L. Jeffrey, of Galena, Ill., at Immanuel Congregational Church on his 25th birthday in 1946. They would have celebrated their 61st anniversary on July 14, 2007.
Dick was a carpenter, general contractor, and land developer and was very instrumental in the growth of a major portion of the west end of the city of Dubuque. After the war, he joined his parents in W.L. Hansel & Son, building many private homes, including the beautiful Woodward home on Wartburg Place. They later joined with Russell Rafoth, of Dubuque and Woodrow Wenkstern, of Cedar Rapids, to form Hillcrest Builders, Inc. and HRW Associates. Beginning with the first modern subdivision in the city, Hillcrest Heights, which was built in the early 1950s, he went on to create three more subdivisions: Rolling Ridge, Key Knolls and Cedar Lake. He built more than 1,000 homes in Dubuque for a lot of grateful families. He also coordinated the development of the present-day Kennedy Road, originally a farm lane, between Asbury Road and Pennsylvania Avenue and built many of the commercial properties in that corridor. He was proud of the fact that he added an entire mile, from Avalon Road to Hempstead High School, to the city.
He was a founding member of the West End Businessmen's Association and was one of three builder-developers in the state who formed the Iowa State Home Builders Association. He was one of the original members of Ducks Unlimited and was a member of the 990 Shooting Society, the Mosaic Lodge 125, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Kaaba Shrine, the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
In 1977, after the first of his two bypass surgeries, Dick and Charlene moved to Sanibel Island, Fla., where they spent 7 months each year. They were active in the Sanibel Community Church. He also developed the Sabal Sands neighborhood in 1984. Because Dick played cards with the Sanibel building inspector, who sought his input about building safety, he helped put together the "Sanibel" building codes, which are a model for the rest of the country about building in hurricane zones.
Dick was an avid hunter and fisherman who appreciated nature and the out-of-doors. He loved raising birds and animals. He raised Pensom Roller and homing pigeons during the 1960s and raised national champion English Budgerigars in Florida during the 1980s and '90s and enjoyed his many friends in that hobby both in the U.S. and in Great Britain.
Dick was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He loved people and always had a smile and a story for anyone he met. His creativity and vision were exceeded only by his love and kindness."
Richard Vincent HANSEL
..Richard's Dubuque,IA T.H. Obit read "…He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School and attended the University of Dubuque before serving in the Navy on the USS Herndon in the Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Japan, Korea, and China at the end of the war and had lots of stories to tell about his travels there.
He married Charlene L. Jeffrey, of Galena, Ill., at Immanuel Congregational Church on his 25th birthday in 1946. They would have celebrated their 61st anniversary on July 14, 2007.
Dick was a carpenter, general contractor, and land developer and was very instrumental in the growth of a major portion of the west end of the city of Dubuque. After the war, he joined his parents in W.L. Hansel & Son, building many private homes, including the beautiful Woodward home on Wartburg Place. They later joined with Russell Rafoth, of Dubuque and Woodrow Wenkstern, of Cedar Rapids, to form Hillcrest Builders, Inc. and HRW Associates. Beginning with the first modern subdivision in the city, Hillcrest Heights, which was built in the early 1950s, he went on to create three more subdivisions: Rolling Ridge, Key Knolls and Cedar Lake. He built more than 1,000 homes in Dubuque for a lot of grateful families. He also coordinated the development of the present-day Kennedy Road, originally a farm lane, between Asbury Road and Pennsylvania Avenue and built many of the commercial properties in that corridor. He was proud of the fact that he added an entire mile, from Avalon Road to Hempstead High School, to the city.
He was a founding member of the West End Businessmen's Association and was one of three builder-developers in the state who formed the Iowa State Home Builders Association. He was one of the original members of Ducks Unlimited and was a member of the 990 Shooting Society, the Mosaic Lodge 125, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Kaaba Shrine, the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
In 1977, after the first of his two bypass surgeries, Dick and Charlene moved to Sanibel Island, Fla., where they spent 7 months each year. They were active in the Sanibel Community Church. He also developed the Sabal Sands neighborhood in 1984. Because Dick played cards with the Sanibel building inspector, who sought his input about building safety, he helped put together the "Sanibel" building codes, which are a model for the rest of the country about building in hurricane zones.
Dick was an avid hunter and fisherman who appreciated nature and the out-of-doors. He loved raising birds and animals. He raised Pensom Roller and homing pigeons during the 1960s and raised national champion English Budgerigars in Florida during the 1980s and '90s and enjoyed his many friends in that hobby both in the U.S. and in Great Britain.
Dick was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He loved people and always had a smile and a story for anyone he met. His creativity and vision were exceeded only by his love and kindness."
..Richard's Dubuque,IA T.H. Obit read "…He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School and attended the University of Dubuque before serving in the Navy on the USS Herndon in the Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Japan, Korea, and China at the end of the war and had lots of stories to tell about his travels there.
He married Charlene L. Jeffrey, of Galena, Ill., at Immanuel Congregational Church on his 25th birthday in 1946. They would have celebrated their 61st anniversary on July 14, 2007.
Dick was a carpenter, general contractor, and land developer and was very instrumental in the growth of a major portion of the west end of the city of Dubuque. After the war, he joined his parents in W.L. Hansel & Son, building many private homes, including the beautiful Woodward home on Wartburg Place. They later joined with Russell Rafoth, of Dubuque and Woodrow Wenkstern, of Cedar Rapids, to form Hillcrest Builders, Inc. and HRW Associates. Beginning with the first modern subdivision in the city, Hillcrest Heights, which was built in the early 1950s, he went on to create three more subdivisions: Rolling Ridge, Key Knolls and Cedar Lake. He built more than 1,000 homes in Dubuque for a lot of grateful families. He also coordinated the development of the present-day Kennedy Road, originally a farm lane, between Asbury Road and Pennsylvania Avenue and built many of the commercial properties in that corridor. He was proud of the fact that he added an entire mile, from Avalon Road to Hempstead High School, to the city.
He was a founding member of the West End Businessmen's Association and was one of three builder-developers in the state who formed the Iowa State Home Builders Association. He was one of the original members of Ducks Unlimited and was a member of the 990 Shooting Society, the Mosaic Lodge 125, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Kaaba Shrine, the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
In 1977, after the first of his two bypass surgeries, Dick and Charlene moved to Sanibel Island, Fla., where they spent 7 months each year. They were active in the Sanibel Community Church. He also developed the Sabal Sands neighborhood in 1984. Because Dick played cards with the Sanibel building inspector, who sought his input about building safety, he helped put together the "Sanibel" building codes, which are a model for the rest of the country about building in hurricane zones.
Dick was an avid hunter and fisherman who appreciated nature and the out-of-doors. He loved raising birds and animals. He raised Pensom Roller and homing pigeons during the 1960s and raised national champion English Budgerigars in Florida during the 1980s and '90s and enjoyed his many friends in that hobby both in the U.S. and in Great Britain.
Dick was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. He loved people and always had a smile and a story for anyone he met. His creativity and vision were exceeded only by his love and kindness."
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