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EVELYN M. HANSEN

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 12 at the Powers Funeral Home, Rolfe with the Rev. Tamra EnTin officiating. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Monday, April 11 at the Powers Funeral Home. Burial in Clinton-Garfield Cemetery near Rolfe.

Evelyn May Strait was born May 14, 1919 near Rutland, Iowa. She was the daughter of John & Minnie (Grimm) Strait. She attended country school and graduated from Rutland High School in 1937. On December 8, 1943, Evelyn married Arnold Hansen at the United Presbyterian Church in Rolfe. The couple settled in Rolfe. Evelyn sold Avon and did house cleaning at many homes in Rolfe. She worked as a hostess and waitress at the Chateau Restaurant in Pocahontas and she worked as an aid at care centers in Rolfe and Pocahontas.

Evelyn was a member of the Presbyterian Church, now the Shared Ministry, having been a Sunday School Teacher for many years. She enjoyed playing bingo, cards & crocheting. She was also an avid Iowa and Iowa State sports fan.

Survivors include her husband, Arnold; son Larry Hansen of Waverly: daughters, Darla (Randall) Hansen and Marcia (Roger) Marchant all of Iowa Falls; grandchildren, Roger D. Marchant, Robin Wagner, Andrew Hansen and Michael Hansen and a sister, Vietta Gottfried of Fonda, and many nieces & nephews.