The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 6, 1969, page 1
MATRON BURIED MONDAY AT GLENWOOD
Anna Frances Hansen was born July 9, 1884 at Glenwood,
Washington to Henry and Fredricka Troh.
Mrs. Hansen had lived for the last four years at Boring,
Oregon. Prior to this, she had lived at Glenwood where she was married to
Henry Hansen on October 21, 1904. He preceded her in death June 6, 1954.
She passed away February 27th at St. Vincent Hospital
in Portland, Oregon at the age of 74 years.
She was a member of the Camas Prairie Pioneer Association
and Grange No. 94 of Glenwood.
Surviving her is a son, Henry A. Hansen of Laurel,
Washington; a sister, Erma Ross of McMinnville, Oregon; three grandchildren,
six great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Monday, March 3rd, at 1:00
p.m. at Gardner's Chapel in White Salmon. Interment was at the Mt. Adams
Cemetery at Glenwood, Washington. Rev. Mr. Donald Kaelin of the White Salmon
Methodist Church officiated.
The Gresham Outlook, Gresham, OR., March 6, 1969, page 7
ANNA HANSEN
Anna Frances Hansen, of Boring, died at the age of 85
in Portland Feb. 27. She had the distinction of being a 71-year Grange member,
joining the Glenwood Grange and continuing her membership in the Pleasant
Valley Grange.
Born in Glenwood, Wash. to pioneer parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry F. Troh, she was married to Henry Hansen in 1904. In
this pioneer community on Glenwood she operated a hotel and grocery store.
She served as nurse, doctor, or mid-wife, and also helped in town organizations
and school activities. She was the oldest living pioneer when she left to
make her home with her niece, Mrs. Gladys Darling, near Boring.
Her survivors include a son, Henry, of Glenwood; a sister,
Irma Ross, of McMinnville; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and
a several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mrs. Hansen were at White Salmon Monday,
March 3 with interment at the Mt. Adams Pioneer Cemetery, Glenwood.
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