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| LeRoy E. Hanson |
| November 28, 1955 - September 20, 2009 |
Wyoming, Iowa
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| Graveside Service: 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Mayflower Cemetery, Oxford Junction, Iowa |
Mr. Hanson was born November 28, 1955, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
to Edwin J. Hanson and Betty (Blahnik) Hanson.
He graduated from Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids in 1974 and
moved to the family farm seven miles southeast of Wyoming, Iowa.
LeRoy was employed at Dyna Gear in Maquoketa for over 20 years and at
John Deere for several years. He also worked for over a year at MediPlast
in Monticello. He was a machinist, tool grinder, lathe operator and CNC.
He was also a carpenter who built and wired his own garage to perfection.
He enjoyed movies, auctions, and fixing computers. He was known as a
"Mr. Fix It" who could fix or make anything that came his way.
LeRoy was a strong, honest, kind and warm hearted person whose greatest
joy came from giving to others.
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Surviving are his mother, Betty Hanson of Wyoming;
one sister, Sue Ellyn Hanson of Olin;
two brothers, Edwin W. Hanson and Joseph Hanson, both of Wyoming;
a niece, Autumn Hergert of Olin; a nephew, Wesley Lewis of Iowa City;
and a special friend, Karen Brown of Bellevue.
He was preceded in death by his father, his grandparents, and a
niece, Ashley Lewis.
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LeRoy E. Hanson, 53, of Wyoming, Iowa, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009,
at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, after a sudden illness.
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Donations may be made to the Oxford Junction United Methodist Church.
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