Earl Rhine Hanson, 92, of Bemidji died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1998, at North Country Regional Hospital. Funeral services were at the Evangelical Covenant Church. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Hanson was born July 10, 1905, in Page, N.D., to Alvin M. and Jennie (Johnson) Hanson. As a young boy he moved with his family to the Alexandria area. He later quit school and started working road construction. After moving to Bemidji with his parents, he started his employment with the Rural Electric Cooperative, putting up electrical lines which required traveling to various places in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa.
He married Eva Caroline Elg on Oct. 18, 1936, in Brainerd. They returned to the Bemidji area and he worked for various employers doing, painting, carpentry and working at the Sinclair gas station before joining the maintenance department at Bemidji State University.
He is survived by his wife, Eva, of Bemidji; two daughters, Phyllis (Carl) Anderson of Princeton, Minn., and Mercein Ferdig of Bemidji; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alta Prather of Robbinsdale, Minn.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.
Bemidji Pioneer Feb. 7, 1998
Mr. Hanson was born July 10, 1905, in Page, N.D., to Alvin M. and Jennie (Johnson) Hanson. As a young boy he moved with his family to the Alexandria area. He later quit school and started working road construction. After moving to Bemidji with his parents, he started his employment with the Rural Electric Cooperative, putting up electrical lines which required traveling to various places in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa.
He married Eva Caroline Elg on Oct. 18, 1936, in Brainerd. They returned to the Bemidji area and he worked for various employers doing, painting, carpentry and working at the Sinclair gas station before joining the maintenance department at Bemidji State University.
He is survived by his wife, Eva, of Bemidji; two daughters, Phyllis (Carl) Anderson of Princeton, Minn., and Mercein Ferdig of Bemidji; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alta Prather of Robbinsdale, Minn.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.
Bemidji Pioneer Feb. 7, 1998
Earl Rhine Hanson, 92, of Bemidji died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1998, at North Country Regional Hospital. Funeral services were at the Evangelical Covenant Church. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Hanson was born July 10, 1905, in Page, N.D., to Alvin M. and Jennie (Johnson) Hanson. As a young boy he moved with his family to the Alexandria area. He later quit school and started working road construction. After moving to Bemidji with his parents, he started his employment with the Rural Electric Cooperative, putting up electrical lines which required traveling to various places in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa.
He married Eva Caroline Elg on Oct. 18, 1936, in Brainerd. They returned to the Bemidji area and he worked for various employers doing, painting, carpentry and working at the Sinclair gas station before joining the maintenance department at Bemidji State University.
He is survived by his wife, Eva, of Bemidji; two daughters, Phyllis (Carl) Anderson of Princeton, Minn., and Mercein Ferdig of Bemidji; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alta Prather of Robbinsdale, Minn.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.
Bemidji Pioneer Feb. 7, 1998
Mr. Hanson was born July 10, 1905, in Page, N.D., to Alvin M. and Jennie (Johnson) Hanson. As a young boy he moved with his family to the Alexandria area. He later quit school and started working road construction. After moving to Bemidji with his parents, he started his employment with the Rural Electric Cooperative, putting up electrical lines which required traveling to various places in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa.
He married Eva Caroline Elg on Oct. 18, 1936, in Brainerd. They returned to the Bemidji area and he worked for various employers doing, painting, carpentry and working at the Sinclair gas station before joining the maintenance department at Bemidji State University.
He is survived by his wife, Eva, of Bemidji; two daughters, Phyllis (Carl) Anderson of Princeton, Minn., and Mercein Ferdig of Bemidji; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alta Prather of Robbinsdale, Minn.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.
Bemidji Pioneer Feb. 7, 1998
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
