Ronald Martin Hansen Obituary (1935

Ronald Martin Hansen, 88, passed away on December 4, 2023 after a hospital stay that began on Thanksgiving Day. He was born April 21, 1935 in Salt Lake City to Martin Earl and Elva Edith Conder Hansen. He grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City. His father died when he was 13 years old, his mother married Henry Norman Waage Nilsen a few years later. He began working at an early age, delivering newspapers, selling concessions at ballgames, setting pins at the bowling alley and later retired from the Utah Air National Guard and Meadow Gold Dairy with over 30 years of employment each. He married Arlyn Jean Hanks and they had four sons, Brent, Marty, Terry (Maria) and Kelly (Denise). They later divorced. He married Lena Edith Hollerman Housekeeper on June 1, 1979 and added her children Kathy (Bob) Worthen, Dennis (Charee) Housekeeper and Jerry Housekeeper, to his life and heart. He and Lena enjoyed bowling, golf, watching sports, boating and camping trips with family and friends, traveling and snow birding in Yuma, Arizona. He was especially loved by his grandchildren and was a favorite Grandpa-Great. He and Lena were later sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and he remained her devoted husband and caregiver until her death in 2016. He was a loving and gentle man, always willing to help others and will be missed by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his wife Lena, sons Brent and Jerry, three grandsons and one granddaughter. He is survived by his other children, 24 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 11, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah. There will be a viewing on Monday morning from 9:30 – 10:50 at the mortuary. Interment will be at East Lawn Memorial Hills in Provo. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com