Representative Ingwer L. Hansen View All Years

INGWER L. HANSEN

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Ingwer L. Hansen begs to submit the following Memorial:

Ingwer L. Hansen was born August 8, 1912, in Hartley, Iowa. He was the son of Ernest and Augusta (Jurgens) Hansen. He married Patricia Greenlee in 1939.

Mr. Hansen was raised in Hartley and graduated from Hartley High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. His awards and decorations include American Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. He was employed as a rural mail carrier for 42 years. He was a member of Rural Letter Carriers Association, Trinity United Church of Christ, Consistory, Masonic Lodge, Abu Bekr Temple, Shrine Club, American Legion, Lions Club, Order of the Eastern Star, O’Brien County Board of Education, and Chamber of Commerce. He was an original board member and first president of Community Memorial Hospital. He served on the board of directors for Village Northwest, Iowa Department of Aging, Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Commission, Northwest Iowa Community College and served as president of the college foundation.

A Republican, Ingwer L. Hansen was a member of the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth General Assemblies. He served as an assistant majority leader.

Mr. Hansen died on February 7, 2000, at the age of 87. Survivors include a son, Ingwer “Orv” Jr. of Sheldon, Iowa; two daughters, Mary Ann Gregory of Dysart, Iowa, and Jane Kauzlarich of Le Mars, Iowa; two grandchildren; a sister, LuVerne Katz of Chatham, New Jersey; and a brother, Kermit of Thousand Oaks, California.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Ingwer L. Hansen, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this Resolution would express its appreciation of his service.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

DAVID JOHNSON

GREG STEVENS

DANIEL HUSEMAN

Committee