Marvin Hansen

Marvin E. Hansen was born March 12, 1924, in Aberdeen, S.D., to Henry and Lillie Hansen. He grew up on a farm outside of Aberdeen.
By 1951 he was married, had been in the Navy (twice) where he received radar training and worked at an electronics warehouse and had a degree from the South Dakota School of Mines in electrical engineering. He worked for 35 years with U.S. Steel MinnTac plant in northern Minnesota, where he was assistant superintendent of electrical and instrumentation when he retired.
After his wife Leona died in 2003 Marvin moved back to South Dakota, where his two daughters lived in Custer. He met Wilma (Jean) Whitley there and they were together until she died in 2015.
Marvin was thoughtful and generous and considered everyone a potential friend. He was a true “maker”; furniture maker, house builder, welder, electrician and all-around fixer.  He was a hard to beat pool player at the Custer Senior Center and loved playing Rummikub with his friends at Echo Ridge Assisted Living.
Marvin, of Rapid City, S.D., passed away Oct. 24, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society St. Martin Village in Rapid City. He was 98.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Lillie (Nelsen) Hansen; two sisters, Ann Seymour and Jean (Phillip) Desilets; his wife, Leona; and his fiancé, Jean Whitley.
Marvin is survived by his sons, Carl (Janice) Hansen of Custer, S.D., and Eric (Anne) Hansen of Hermantown, Minn.; David (Cindy) Hansen of Galveston, Texas; daughters, Karen Hansen of Rapid City; and Lisa (David) Pickford of Custer; brother-in-law Leslie Seymour of Fall Brook, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, Dec. 3 at Custer Lutheran Fellowship.
Arrangements have been placed under the local direction of Chamberlain McColley’s Funeral Home in Custer.

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