September 29, 1913 - November 16, 2000
Age 87 years, 1 month, 17 days
Services Zion Lutheran Church Denison, Iowa 10:30 A.M., Monday, November 20, 2000
Officiants Rev. Kurt R. Kaiser Rev. David M. Sewing
Congregational Hymns "How Great Thou Art" "Just As I Am Without One Plea" TLH#388 "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" TLH#457
Organist Art Beeck
Casket Bearers: Byron Friedrichsen, Mike Krajicek, Matt Knowles, Clark Martens, Al Mohr, Dave Ewoldt
Interment Oakland Cemetery Denison, Iowa
Following the committal service the family cordially invites everyone to return to the church and join them for lunch and fellowship.
Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, Iowa
Dan C. Pfannebecker Anthony B. Hinners

Milda Hansen was born on a farm in Carroll County near Arcadia, Iowa, September 29, 1913, the daughter of Harry and Sophia (Koepke) Martens. She was received into God's Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia and confirmed in her Christian Faith there April 15, 1928, by the Rev. Theo Tews. She was raised on the farm and received her education in the Washington Township Rural School near her home.

In 1932, Milda was united in marriage with Louis Hansen at Denison, Iowa, by the Rev. Frese. Their union was blessed with four children, Jeanette, Louis, Eugene and Mary Ellen. They made their home in Westside and Manilla before moving to Denison where Milda was employed at the Armour Plant. She was later employed at Cronks Cafe for many years and Farmbest before retiring in 1973 from Farmland Foods.

Milda spent her retirement years in Denison where she enjoyed her hobbies of crocheting, sewing, eating out and eating her cheerios. She was a very loving mother and grandmother who will be sadly missed by those near to her.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Denison.

Including her parents, Milda was preceded in death by her husband, Louis, June 2, 1956, three brothers, Frank, Harry and Leonard Martens and two sisters, Louella Karstens and Lorraine Ewoldt. Those who remain to cherish her memory include her four children, Jeanette and husband, Charles Mathies of Denison, Louis Hansen and wife, Joan of Sylmar, California, Eugene Hansen and wife, Mickey of Newburg, Missouri and Mary Lyman of Denison, 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, one sister, Bernice Mohns of Manning, Iowa, one sister-in-law, Marola Martens of Carroll, Iowa, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.