Donald Hansen
CAMANCHE,
Iowa --- Services for Donald W. Hansen, 57, of Camanche, will be 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Snell-Zornig Funeral Home, Clinton. Burial will be in Springdale
Cemetery.
Visitation is after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials
may be made to a favorite charity.
Mr. Hansen died Sunday at Jane Lamb
Hospital after an extended illness. He was a welder for 30 years at
E.I. duPont & Co., Clinton.
Donald W. Hansen married Pearl Duncan in
1943 in Clinton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a paratrooper
in the 82nd Airborne Division.
Survivors Include his wife; daughter,
Mrs. John (Carta) McCaughan, Pittsville, Pa.; a son, Paul C, Clinton;
six grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Frank (Nellie) Hackett, Mrs. Frank
(Helen) Eckland, and Mrs. Dorothy Jost, all of Clinton, and brothers,
Roy and Paul C, both of Clinton.
[Quad-City Times, Davenport, IA, 20 Sep 1977, Tue, Page 20]
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![](../../images/hansen_dw_02_small.jpg) (courtesy of Dave Hansen)
Grave marker of Donald
W. Hansen in Springdale Cemetery, Clinton (Clinton), Iowa.
Included on the photo is a copy of an captioned photo
of the Service Company Riggers which we under the command of CWO Roy
Barger.
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T/5 Hansen was a member
of Service Company and was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound suffered
on 18 June 1944 in Normandy, France. He was also awarded the Bronze
Service Arrowhead device for participation in the Normandy assault.
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On 21 July 1949,
Donald submitted this application for the Iowa WWII Veterans Bonus.
He was credit with 44 months of domestic duty and 22 months of
foreign service netting him a $495 bonus award. |