Memorial
Donald “Pete” Hansen, 83 of Cedar Rapids died Sunday February 25, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Services with military rites at 11:00 AM on Friday at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 7 PM on Thursday.
Survivors include his wife, Elfriede; two sons Scott (Sarah) of Iowa City; Michael (Patrick Carlin) of Marion; and a brother James (Doris) of Dubuque. He is also survived by two grandsons Evan and Miles. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters Virginia Clark and Sarah Brown.
Pete was born on July 14, 1934 in Rochester, Minnesota the son of Jesse and Harriet Johnson Hansen and graduated from the Olin Consolidated School in 1953. He married Elfriede Markmann on May 27, 1960 in Wyoming, Iowa.
Pete graduated from the DEVRY Tech in Chicago and was the owner and operator of Pete Hansen Communications for many years.
Pete was a member of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church and proudly served in the Air Force. He was an avid Iowa Women’s Basketball fan and was a 30 year season ticket holder. Pete enjoyed visiting, Cadillacs, and had the privilege and honor of going on the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. in 2015. He will be forever remembered as a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend whose memory will be cherished by all who knew and loved him.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations me be given to the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight or to St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church.