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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Joel
Hanson
November 13, 1926 – August 13, 2011
Obituary
Joel T. Hanson, 84 of Springfield
His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Springfield, with burial in the Springfield Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield.
Joel Theodore Hanson, son of Henry T. and Agnes Alvina (Huff) Hanson, was born November 13, 1926 in Yankton, SD. He died Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Springfield Assisted Living Center in Springfield, SD. Joel attained the age of 84 years.
Joel served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War.
Joel earned a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of Minnesota. It was in Minnesota that he met Muriel Joan Withrow. They were married in Minneapolis on February 11, 1955. A son, Paul was born to their union.
The family moved to Springfield in September of 1961, where Joel was the Head Librarian at USD/S from 1961 to 1984. After the college's closing, he then served as the Librarian at Marty Indian School from 1984 to 1996.
Joel was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Springfield. He will be remembered for his love of reading.
Muriel died January 26, 2004. Joel moved to the Assisted Living Center in Springfield on May 5, 2005.
Thankful for having shared Joel's life are his son, Paul of Yankton; granddaughter Rachel of Meckling; and sister-in-law Darlene (Withrow) Walsh of Parkers Prairie, MN.
His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Springfield, with burial in the Springfield Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield.
Joel Theodore Hanson, son of Henry T. and Agnes Alvina (Huff) Hanson, was born November 13, 1926 in Yankton, SD. He died Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Springfield Assisted Living Center in Springfield, SD. Joel attained the age of 84 years.
Joel served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War.
Joel earned a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of Minnesota. It was in Minnesota that he met Muriel Joan Withrow. They were married in Minneapolis on February 11, 1955. A son, Paul was born to their union.
The family moved to Springfield in September of 1961, where Joel was the Head Librarian at USD/S from 1961 to 1984. After the college's closing, he then served as the Librarian at Marty Indian School from 1984 to 1996.
Joel was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Springfield. He will be remembered for his love of reading.
Muriel died January 26, 2004. Joel moved to the Assisted Living Center in Springfield on May 5, 2005.
Thankful for having shared Joel's life are his son, Paul of Yankton; granddaughter Rachel of Meckling; and sister-in-law Darlene (Withrow) Walsh of Parkers Prairie, MN.
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