Ina Hansen

Ina Hansen, age 107, of North Glenn, Colorado formerly of Storm Lake, Iowa died Monday, December 5, 2016 in North Glenn. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake. Burial will follow in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements. Ina Hansen, nee Nichols, was born Feb. 25, 1909 to A.Y. and Bessie Nichols in Iowa. She earned a Teaching Certificate from Buena Vista College in 1928, and taught at a rural school near Lake Park, Iowa. She married Leonard G. Hadenfeldt in August 1930 and had one daughter, Beverly Ann, born in Oct. 1931. They divorced in 1938, and she raised her daughter as a single mother from that time on - not something commonly done in those days. While raising Beverly she also entered the University of Iowa at Ames and graduated from there with a B.S. in Home Management in December, 1941. She moved to Missouri soon after graduating to take a job with the University of Missouri adult education extension service. She traveled the state teaching housewives cooking and sewing. In Missouri she met and married Ray Johnston, but after the marriage she had to leave her job with the state because they did not want a married women in that position. She moved onto a farm near Altamont, Mo. with her new husband and took on a part-time job teaching Home Economics in Gallatin, Mo. Ray passed in 1963 and she continued working as a teacher at Gallatin and at Eldon in Southern Missouri until her retirement. After retirement, she moved back to Storm Lake, Iowa to help her parents as they grew older - her Dad lived to be 101 and her Mom to 105. While in Storm Lake she met and married Herbert A. Hansen in the early 1980's. After Herbs passing in 1990 she moved into the house where her parents lived, it had been built by her father, and stayed there until she moved into a brand new assisted living facility, Lake Pointe Villa, in Storm Lake. She moved to Colorado in the late 1990's to be near her daughter and family, and lived the remainder of her life there at Sunny Acres assisted living facility. Near the end of her long life she was featured on Channel 9 news of Denver, Co. as the oldest voter in Colorado for the 2016 election. It's a charming interview, and illustrates her sharp mind which she always retained. She was an outgoing woman and made many friends during her lifetime, most of whom she outlived. She continued to charm people right up to her last moments. She is survived by her daughter Beverly Newton, 3 grandsons; Robert, Stephen and Richard Dickerson, and 2 great grandsons, Samuel and Elias Dickerson.

Ina Hansen

February 25, 1909 - December 5, 2016