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Surnames: Hansen, Sharp, Pugmire
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Russell S. Hansen
Sun, Apr 7, 2002
ROY - Russell S. Hansen, age 80, passed away Friday, April 5, 2002 at Rocky Mt. Care
Center, Clearfield.
He was born June 16, 1921 in Garden City, the son of Charles A. and Vilate Hanson Hansen.
Russell married Lila Janet Sharp on July 26, 1945 in Evanston, Wyoming. Their marriage was
later solemnized in the Logan Temple on May 7, 1997.
Russell served in the Army during World War II as a tank commander in the 744th Tank
Battalion Company "C" landing in Normandy on D Day. He received the Purple
Heart.
He was a lifelong resident of Garden City, Utah.
He loved to do gardening, hunt, fish and be in the mountains.
Surviving are his wife Lila, Roy; three sons, Wendell (Linda), Layton; Thaine (Chelane),
Roy; Earl (Dianna), Plain City; one daughter, Donna (Don) Pugmire, Clearfield; 13
grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two brothers, LaVar (LaVaun) Hansen, Riverdale; and LeRoy Hansen, North
Ogden.
Preceded in death by two daughters, Earlene and Mary Kay, six brothers and five sisters.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at 2 p.m. at the Bear Lake Ward,
Garden City, Utah.
Friends and family may call Tuesday from 12 to 1:45 p.m. at the church.
Interment, Garden City Cemetery.
Military honors will be accorded at the graveside.
Funeral directors, Lindquist"s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Mortuary.
E-mail condolences to the family at llm(a)lindquistmortuary.com
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