Gerald M. Hanson

Gerald was born August 5, 1937, in Hagen Township, Clay County, MN, son of Morris I. and Gladys O. Syverson Hanson. He grew up and attended school in the Hitterdal, MN, area. On February 3, 1956 he married Karen Lund. They raised three children in Hitterdal, until moving to Deadwood, SD, in 1964. There he worked for the Homestake Mining Company until 1970. On November 5, 1993, he married Patricia Engesetter in Moorhead, MN. Gerald worked for Janesville Transport delivering new cars to dealerships until retiring in 1998. Gerald is survived by a wife, Patricia; a son and two daughters, Dale Hanson, Elizabeth Wilson Park and Joanne Rod Keller; one step-daughter, Melissa Engesetter; two brothers, Orlyn Marie Hanson and Clair Karen Hanson; four grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his parents.