This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hansen, Sharp, Pugmire Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/636 Message Board Post: 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 2001 Web Site General Excellence Award, Utah Press Association Copyright ©2002, Ogden Publishing Corporation