Funeral services for M. Lucille Hansen Christensen, 97, of the Rowley Masonic Community in Perry will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will be in Peoples Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Murdock Funeral Home.
Marie Lucille Benson was born Sept. 19, 1921, in Washington Township, Dallas County, Iowa, the daughter of George Elder and Olive Kathleen (Graney) Benson.
She grew up in the Dawson area, graduated from Dawson High School in 1938 and attended business school in Des Moines.
Lucille met Mervin “Sonny” Hansen Sr. at Lake Robbins, where they enjoyed dancing. They were married June 3, 1944, in Perry.
For many years, they played Pitch with their couples card group.
Lucille was a devoted farm wife and mother who lived and raised her family on their Century Farm in rural Woodward.
She enjoyed gardening and was a member of the Helping Hand Club and St Ann’s Altar and Rosary Society.
After Sonny passed away, Lucille married Gordon Christensen Jan. 2, 1981, in Granger.
They lived in Ogden and wintered in Venice, Fla. They travelled extensively during their 30 years of marriage.
Lucille enjoyed doing ceramics and was an avid collector of Betty Boop items.
For the past eight years. Lucille has lived at the Rowley Masonic Community in Perry, Iowa, where she passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.
Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Karen (Art) Walters of Des Moines and Cheryl (Steve-deceased) Rosenauer of Agency, Mo.; son, Mervin Jr. (Pam) Hansen of Woodward; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; step-son, Daryl (Cindy) Christensen of Ogden; step-daughter, Kathy (Jim) Wittersheim of Venice, Fla.; foster daughter, Gloria Meyers of Lutz, Fla.; and many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
Preceding Lucille in death were her parents; husband, Mervin Sr. on Dec. 21, 1979; husband, Gordon on May 5, 2011; brother, George; and son-in-law, Steve Rosenauer.
Memorials may be sent to Murdock Funeral Home in Lucille’s name. Online condolences may be left at murdockfuneralhome.net.
