Helaine A Hanson Roseau, Minnesota Obituary

Helaine A Hanson

<p>Helaine&nbsp; Annette&nbsp; Hanson,&nbsp; 82,&nbsp; of&nbsp; Roseau,&nbsp; Minnesota&nbsp; passed away&nbsp; peacefully&nbsp; on&nbsp; August&nbsp; 9,&nbsp; 2021&nbsp; at Warroad&nbsp; Senior&nbsp; Living&nbsp; Center&nbsp; in&nbsp; Warroad,&nbsp; Minnesota surrounded&nbsp; by&nbsp; her&nbsp; loving&nbsp; family.</p> <p>A 10:00 AM&nbsp; Celebration&nbsp; of&nbsp; Life&nbsp; Service&nbsp; held&nbsp; in&nbsp; her honor,&nbsp; will&nbsp; be&nbsp; officiated&nbsp; by&nbsp; Pastor&nbsp; Calvin&nbsp; Lindstrom, on Saturday,&nbsp; August&nbsp; 14th, at&nbsp; Helgeson&nbsp; Funeral&nbsp; Home,&nbsp; in Roseau,&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; visitation&nbsp; prior&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; service&nbsp; at 9:00 AM. Burial&nbsp; will&nbsp; be&nbsp; at&nbsp; First&nbsp; Lutheran&nbsp; Cemetery&nbsp; in&nbsp; Middle River,&nbsp; Minnesota,&nbsp; following&nbsp; the&nbsp; service.</p> <p>Helaine&nbsp; was&nbsp; born&nbsp; in&nbsp; Newfolden,&nbsp; Minnesota&nbsp; on&nbsp; December 16,&nbsp; 1938&nbsp; to Arvid&nbsp; and&nbsp; Hattie&nbsp; (Borsvold) Wikstrom.&nbsp; After&nbsp; graduating&nbsp; from&nbsp; Newfolden&nbsp; High&nbsp; School in&nbsp; 1956,&nbsp; she&nbsp; worked&nbsp; at&nbsp; Woolworth&rsquo;s&nbsp; in&nbsp; Thief River&nbsp; Falls.&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; then&nbsp; moved&nbsp; to&nbsp; Waukegan,&nbsp; Illinois where&nbsp; she&nbsp; married&nbsp; Carl&nbsp; Hanson,&nbsp; on&nbsp; April&nbsp; 24,&nbsp; 1959. While&nbsp; residing&nbsp; in&nbsp; Waukegan,&nbsp; Carl&nbsp; and&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; were blessed&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; daughter,&nbsp; Pamela,&nbsp; and&nbsp; son,&nbsp; Stephen.&nbsp;While&nbsp; raising&nbsp; her&nbsp; young&nbsp; children,&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; was&nbsp; employed outside&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; home&nbsp; at&nbsp; National&nbsp; Press&nbsp; Company and&nbsp; later&nbsp; Montgomery&nbsp; Ward&nbsp; in&nbsp; Waukegan.</p> <p>In&nbsp; 1968,&nbsp; the&nbsp; young&nbsp; married&nbsp; couple&nbsp; &ldquo;missed&nbsp; the&nbsp; northland&rdquo; and&nbsp; moved&nbsp; to&nbsp; Roseau,&nbsp; living&nbsp; on&nbsp; Center&nbsp; Street until&nbsp; 1970&nbsp; when&nbsp; they&nbsp; built&nbsp; their&nbsp; forever&nbsp; home&nbsp; on&nbsp; Oak Drive,&nbsp; where&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; resided&nbsp; until&nbsp; 2013,&nbsp; then moving&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; Warroad&nbsp; Senior&nbsp; Living&nbsp; Center.&nbsp; Helaine enjoyed&nbsp; her&nbsp; clerical&nbsp; employment&nbsp; with&nbsp; Polaris Industries&nbsp; and&nbsp; then&nbsp; working&nbsp; as &nbsp;a&nbsp; billing&nbsp; clerk&nbsp; for Roseau&nbsp; Electric&nbsp; Cooperative&nbsp; until&nbsp; her&nbsp; retirement in&nbsp; 2004.</p> <p>Helaine&nbsp; and&nbsp; Carl&nbsp; were&nbsp; inseparable&nbsp; partners&nbsp; and&nbsp; loved being&nbsp; together.&nbsp; They&nbsp; learned&nbsp; to&nbsp; dance&nbsp; at&nbsp; classes held&nbsp; at&nbsp; the&nbsp; Roseau&nbsp; City&nbsp; Auditorium.&nbsp; They&nbsp; could&nbsp; be found&nbsp; &ldquo;cutting&nbsp; the&nbsp; rug&rdquo;&nbsp; anywhere&nbsp; there&nbsp; was&nbsp; music&nbsp; and a&nbsp; dance&nbsp; floor.&nbsp; Music&nbsp; was&nbsp; an&nbsp; important&nbsp; part&nbsp; of&nbsp; their lives,&nbsp; whether&nbsp; listening&nbsp; to&nbsp; their&nbsp; extensive&nbsp; record collection&nbsp; or&nbsp; attending&nbsp; vocal&nbsp; music&nbsp; and&nbsp; band&nbsp; concerts of&nbsp; their &nbsp;children&nbsp; and&nbsp; grandchildren.&nbsp; They&nbsp; truly treasured&nbsp; their&nbsp; trips&nbsp; to&nbsp; madrigal&nbsp; dinners&nbsp; and&nbsp; concert choirs&nbsp; at&nbsp; Bemidji&nbsp; State&nbsp; University&nbsp; and&nbsp; Indiana University.&nbsp; In&nbsp; addition&nbsp; to&nbsp; attending&nbsp; music&nbsp; concerts, Helaine&nbsp; enjoyed&nbsp; cheering&nbsp; on&nbsp; her&nbsp; children&nbsp; and grandchildren&nbsp; at&nbsp; sporting&nbsp; events&nbsp; from&nbsp; golf&nbsp; tournaments, football,&nbsp; volleyball,&nbsp; track,&nbsp; and&nbsp; basketball&nbsp; games to watching&nbsp; the&nbsp; girls&nbsp; cheerleading&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; Roseau&nbsp; Rams!</p> <p>Helaine&nbsp; had&nbsp; a&nbsp; passion&nbsp; for&nbsp; exercise;&nbsp; she&nbsp; could&nbsp; be&nbsp; seen walking&nbsp; or&nbsp; biking&nbsp; to&nbsp; work&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; summer,&nbsp; no&nbsp; matter the&nbsp; weather&nbsp; (she&nbsp; had&nbsp; a&nbsp; coat&nbsp; for&nbsp; all&nbsp; contingencies)! In&nbsp; her&nbsp; early&nbsp; years,&nbsp; she&nbsp; was&nbsp; a&nbsp; devoted&nbsp; Jack&nbsp; LaLanne fan&nbsp; doing&nbsp; his&nbsp; stretching&nbsp; exercises&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; kitchen floor&nbsp; every&nbsp; morning.&nbsp; After&nbsp; an&nbsp; outing,&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; would often ask&nbsp; Carl&nbsp; to&nbsp; drop&nbsp; her&nbsp; off&nbsp; a&nbsp; mile&nbsp; from&nbsp; their&nbsp; house&nbsp; so she&nbsp; could&nbsp; get&nbsp; that&nbsp; little&nbsp; extra&nbsp; walk&nbsp; in.</p> <p>Hobbies&nbsp; for&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; included&nbsp; taking&nbsp; care&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; neighborhood birds&nbsp; which&nbsp; she&nbsp; enjoyed&nbsp; watching&nbsp; with&nbsp; her morning&nbsp; cup&nbsp; of&nbsp; coffee.&nbsp; She&nbsp; had&nbsp; an&nbsp; extensive&nbsp; collection of&nbsp; bird&nbsp; houses,&nbsp; snowmen,&nbsp; and&nbsp; all&nbsp; holiday decorations.&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; participated&nbsp; in&nbsp; a&nbsp; weekly&nbsp; bowling league&nbsp; and&nbsp; enjoyed&nbsp; golfing&nbsp; on&nbsp; a&nbsp; beautiful&nbsp; summer day&nbsp; with&nbsp; Carl.&nbsp; Winters&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; beautiful&nbsp; country&nbsp; were not&nbsp; a&nbsp; time&nbsp; to&nbsp; cozy&nbsp; up&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; fire&nbsp; for&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; and Carl. Weekends&nbsp; were&nbsp; filled&nbsp; with&nbsp; many&nbsp; snowmobiling&nbsp; adventures to&nbsp; friends&nbsp; and&nbsp; families&nbsp; cabins&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; woods. The&nbsp; time&nbsp; between&nbsp; Christmas&nbsp; and&nbsp; New&nbsp; Years&nbsp; was&nbsp; also made&nbsp; memorable&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; anticipation&nbsp; of&nbsp; the Seasonal&nbsp; Julebukking&nbsp; tradition.&nbsp; The&nbsp; annual&nbsp; family summer&nbsp; trip&nbsp; was&nbsp; a&nbsp; highlight&nbsp; with&nbsp; many&nbsp; adventures&nbsp; and memories&nbsp; created&nbsp; and&nbsp; captured&nbsp; on&nbsp; film.&nbsp; She&nbsp; was&nbsp; the family&nbsp; memory&nbsp; keeper&nbsp; with&nbsp; volumes&nbsp; of&nbsp; meticulous photo&nbsp; albums&nbsp; lovingly&nbsp; left&nbsp; for&nbsp; future&nbsp; generations to&nbsp; admire.&nbsp; There&nbsp; was&nbsp; nothing&nbsp; that&nbsp; Mom&nbsp; and&nbsp; Dad&nbsp; enjoyed more&nbsp; than&nbsp; taking&nbsp; a&nbsp; drive&nbsp; or&nbsp; meeting&nbsp; friends&nbsp; for&nbsp; conversation, a&nbsp; bite&nbsp; to &nbsp;eat&nbsp; and&nbsp; always, many cups&nbsp; of coffee.</p> <p>Helaine,&nbsp; is&nbsp; survived&nbsp; by&nbsp; daughter,&nbsp; Pamela&nbsp; (Douglas) Hanson-Peterson,&nbsp; Port&nbsp; Orange,&nbsp; Florida,&nbsp; and&nbsp; their son Nathaniel&nbsp; Peterson,&nbsp; of&nbsp; Valrico,&nbsp; Florida;&nbsp; son,&nbsp; Stephen (Pamela)&nbsp; Hanson,&nbsp; Roseau,&nbsp; and&nbsp; their&nbsp; daughters, Kjirsten&nbsp; (Scott)&nbsp; Wood&nbsp; and&nbsp; daughter&nbsp; Harleigh&nbsp; of&nbsp; Fargo, North&nbsp; Dakota,&nbsp; Ana-Alicia&nbsp; (Adam)&nbsp; Crist&nbsp; of&nbsp; WestFargo,&nbsp; North&nbsp; Dakota,&nbsp; and&nbsp; Amy&nbsp; Hanson&nbsp; of&nbsp; Grand&nbsp; Forks,&nbsp; North&nbsp; Dakota;&nbsp; sisters&nbsp; Beulah&nbsp; Wikstrom&nbsp; of Glenwood,&nbsp; Minnesota&nbsp; and &nbsp;Myrtle&nbsp; Janssen&nbsp; of&nbsp; Alexandria, Minnesota.&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; was&nbsp; preceded&nbsp; in&nbsp; death&nbsp; by her&nbsp; devoted&nbsp; husband&nbsp; of&nbsp; 57&nbsp; years&nbsp; Carl&nbsp; Hanson,&nbsp; her&nbsp; parents, twin&nbsp; brothers&nbsp; Dennis&nbsp; and&nbsp; Dallas&nbsp; Wikstrom, and&nbsp; infant&nbsp; daughter,&nbsp; Janet&nbsp; Kaye&nbsp; Hanson.</p> <p>The&nbsp; family&nbsp; would&nbsp; like&nbsp; to&nbsp; sincerely&nbsp; thank&nbsp; the&nbsp; many friends&nbsp; and&nbsp; family&nbsp; members&nbsp; whose&nbsp; kind&nbsp; words,&nbsp; prayers, and&nbsp; thoughtful&nbsp; deeds&nbsp; kept&nbsp; Helaine,&nbsp; and&nbsp; her&nbsp; family comforted&nbsp; through&nbsp; her&nbsp; end-of-life&nbsp; journey.&nbsp; We&nbsp; would also&nbsp; like&nbsp; to&nbsp; give&nbsp; special&nbsp; thanks&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; wonderful staff&nbsp; at&nbsp; the&nbsp; Warroad&nbsp; Senior&nbsp; Living&nbsp; Center,&nbsp; who&nbsp; looked over&nbsp; Helaine&nbsp; for&nbsp; so&nbsp; many&nbsp; years&nbsp; and&nbsp; displayed&nbsp; such compassionate&nbsp; care&nbsp; in&nbsp; her&nbsp; final&nbsp; days.</p>
December 16, 1938 - August 9, 202112/16/193808/09/2021
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Mary Haugen
August 23, 2021
Sending love and sympathies.  I will always have memories of seeing Helaine when I would visit my mom at REA. Love, Mary Ann (Lofstedt) Haugen
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Norm & Mary Hayes
August 14, 2021
With Sympathy, Norm and Mary Hayes
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Dorothy Gormsen
August 13, 2021
Dear Steve, Pam and families, Thinking of you during this time of loss of your dear loved one.
Love and prayers, Dorothy Gormsen and family
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Douglas & Rachal Erickson
August 13, 2021
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Sheryl Ostby
August 13, 2021
Pam & Steve and their families. I’m so sorry for the loss of Helaine. She was a wonderful person. She will be truly missed.
Your dad & mom are together again! Sheryl Ostby & Joleen Ostby
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Jerry Penas
August 12, 2021
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MARSHELLE BENSON
August 12, 2021
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Carmen and Bob Przekwas
August 11, 2021
Pam, Steve and family, 
Our sincere sympathy to you! We had the privilege of working with your mother at Polaris in the 1970s and early ‘80s. She was efficient, thoughtful and had an infectious smile! Know we hold you in our thoughts and prayers!
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Danelle Eldeen
August 11, 2021
With love and sympathy to Pam &  Steve and their family And to Helaine's Brother - in - law & sister- in- law Gene & Loreen. From Danelle & family
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Robin Hendrickson
August 11, 2021
So sorry for your loss.
Hazel Hendrickson and family.
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