Meta E. Hansen
September 26, 2008
Meta was born in Scribner, Nebraska to Frank and Mary 'Vanac' Klamt on September 8, 1912. In 1918 the family moved to a farm south of Scribner and Meta grew up in the Ridgeley area, attending rural school district 12 through the 10th grade.
She worked with her parents on the farm, helping with the homemaking and helping with field work. She also helped neighbors.
On Febr. 12, 1935, Meta was married to Leo C. Hansen in the Zion Lutheran Church of Hooper. They farmed side by side for over 30 years. In 1962, the couple moved into Scribner, and in 1986, they moved to Fremont.
She was a member of St. John's Ridgeley Lutheran Church and a charter member of it's LCW (Lutheran Church Women). Meta was a former member of the Scribner Women's Club and the Fremont Area Art Association. She had been active in Fremont's senior bowling league and had been inducted into the Senior Bowlers Hall of Fame. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed gardening, oil painting, quilting, playing cards, dancing, and the Hansen's enjoyed traveling in their motorhome.
She was preceded in death by her husband Leo on June 30, 2002, and by her parents, 3 sisters and a brother.
Survivors: daughter - Marianne Meyer of Scribner
2 sons - Gerry and wife Betsy Hansen of Fremont
Dennis and wife Ellen Hansen of O'Neill
11 grandchildren
19 great grandchildren
4 great, great grandchildren
2 sister-in-laws - Vivian Bode of Fremont
Virginia Studt of Fremont
brother-in-law - Larry Studt of West Point
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday (Oct. 3, 2008) at St. John's Ridgeley Lutheran Church (south of Scribner) with the Rev. Dr. Nicki McIntyre officiating. The committal will be in the Scribner Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. John's Ridgeley Lutheran Church.
Visitation will be at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont on Thursday (Oct. 2nd) from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 PM..
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