Melvin H. Hansen

Melvin H. Hansen, age 85 years of Wymore died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the Beatrice Good Samaritan Center. He was born April 26, 1928 at Pawnee City to Lloyd and Nina (Miller) Hansen. He served in the U. S. Army from Feb. 3, 1949 to March 3, 1950, and again from Jan. 13, 1953 to January 25,1956 in both Japan and Korea. He married Betty DeVor on Dec. 3, 1954 at Beatrice. He did timber work in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Missouri, and came to Wymore eleven years ago. He was a member of the former Calkins-Woods Post #9989 of the V.F.W. in Wymore. His hobbies included woodworking and riding his motorized scooter around town.

Melvin is survived by his wife, Betty; by children, Steve and his wife Mary; and Ellie Mills, all of Wymore; and William of Topeka, KS; by a brother, Harold Hansen of Liberty; a sister, Wanda Spier of Beatrice; and by numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; by a sister, Zelma Hansen; and by three brothers, Ray, Alvin, and George Hansen.

Graveside service will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Wymore Cemetery, Pastor Jim Berry officiating. Military service will be conducted by Anderson Post #25 of the American Legion. The body will lie in state at the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home from 1 p.m. to 9 P.M. Friday with his family receiving friends from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., and then on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:00 P.M. His register book may be signed on line at ghchapel.com

Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, is in charge of arrangements