Individual Details
Mary Josephine Hanssen
(13 Jan 1922 - 8 Sep 2012)
Letty Nash said Dec 2010: Mary is my great grandma and yes she is still married Ezra Jones and they live in Washington still. We named our son Hagen Lee Otto Pearson. We put Otto in there for Otto Hanssen or "Bud" as everyone called him. My Grandma's side of the family calls my son "little bud"
Events
| Birth | 13 Jan 1922 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 1 Sep 1940 | Hopkington, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Ezra Jones |  | ||
| Death | 8 Sep 2012 | Washington, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Ezra Jones ( - ) |
| Father | Arthur Eugene Hanssen (1878 - 1956) |
| Mother | Blanche Margaret Eilers (1887 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Avelda Marie Hanssen (1911 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mathilda Hanssen (1913 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Otto Henry "Bud" Hanssen (1914 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Paul Arthur Hanssen (1916 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Muriel Frieda "Mert" Hanssen (1917 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Eileen Blanche Hanssen (1920 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Lucille Hanssen (1925 - 1997) |
| Sibling | George Lyle Hanssen (1927 - 2015) |
Notes
Death
Mary Josephine JonesBorn: Fri., Jan. 13, 1922
Died: Sat., Sep. 8, 2012
A celebration of life for Mary J. Jones, 90 of Washington will be held Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 1:30 PM at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Pastor Virgil Jones officiating. Burial will follow at the Schrock Cemetery in rural Washington. Visitation will be held Monday, September 10 from 5-7 PM at the Beatty Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established for Hospice of Washington County. Mary Jones died Saturday, September 8, 2012 at her home following a brief illness.
Mary Josephine Jones was born January 13, 1922 in Jones County, Iowa the daughter of Arthur and Blanche (Eilers) Hanssen. She was united in marriage to Ezra Jones on September 1, 1940 in Hopkinton, Iowa. Ezra served in the United States Army during World War II and Mary served her country as a Army wife and mother. When the couple moved to Washington Mary was a homemaker and also worked as a bookkeeper at Kirkpatrick Warehouse for many years. She was also a cook at the Washington County Home for several years. Mary was a member of the Happy Homemakers and enjoyed cooking, fishing, doing various craft projects and was an excellent seamstress. She made either sock monkeys or Raggedy Ann or Andy dolls for all of her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mary was the historian for Ezra's B Battery 87th Infantry reunions, collecting and organizing information for many years.
Survivors include her husband Ezra of Washington, four children, Marilyn Crandall of Brighton, Murlee Bohr of Cedar Rapids, Deborah (Albert) Hagerla of Edina, Missouri, Mike (Lori) Jones of Cedar Rapids, 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren and one brother, George (Ruth) Hanssen of Accokeek, Maryland.
Preceding Mary in death were her parents and seven siblings, Avelda Daly, Margaret Starkey, Paul Hanssen, Eileen Villagrana, Otto Hanssen, Muriel Highley and Dorothy Lloyd.
Jones, Mary J. (In Memoriam)
A celebration of life for Mary J. Jones, 90, of Washington, who died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at her home following a brief illness, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 1:30 p.m. at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with Pastor Virgil Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Schrock Cemetery, rural Washington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the funeral home.
Survivors include her husband, Ezra of Washington; four children, Marilyn Crandall of Brighton, Murlee Bohr of Cedar Rapids, Deborah (Albert) Hagerla of Edina, Mo., Mike (Lori) Jones of Cedar Rapids; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, George (Ruth) Hanssen of Accokeek, Md.
Preceding Mary in death were her parents and seven siblings, Avelda Daly, Margaret Starkey, Paul Hanssen, Eileen Villagrana, Otto Hanssen, Muriel Highley and Dorothy Lloyd.
A memorial fund has been established for Hospice of Washington County.
Published Sept. 9, 2012 in The Gazette
Read more at http://thegazette.com/article/20120908/Obituaries/309089950#ohv0DT7QQF54P6pR.99
Endnotes
1. Heiken, Albert L., History of the Heiken family. (Calif.: Al Heiken, 2000-2004.).