Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Death info on Margret J. Merkley Hansen

Margret Jane Merkley Hansen was Asher's younger sister.

"Young Margret Merkley"
From personal albums of Delores Horton
According to this document, the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 14 Apr 1902- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
DEATH: 13 Mar 1989- Monroeville City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania*
She was almost 87 years old when she died.

Obituary:
SOURCE: Deseret News 1989, Mar 15-16, p.B5
Obituary transcribed:
Margret Hansen
Margret Jane Merkley Hansen passed away March 13, 1989.
She was born April 14, 1902 in Vernal, a daughter of Nelson and Keturah Petersen Merkley.  Attended Vernal schools, B.Y.U., and Utah State University.  Taught school in Vernal.  Married Rulon Kershaw Hansen in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, April 28, 1927.  Lived in Alamosa, Colorado; Farmington, New Mexico; Clearfield and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Survived by a daughter, Lois Chatfield, Orem; son, David, Murrysville, Pennsylvania; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Ellen M. Fletcher.  Preceded in death by her husband and one son, Reed*.
Bought Ivanhoe Apartment Building, September 1, 1950, paid for it and ran it until a year before her death.
Funeral services Friday, March 17, 1 p.m., Russon Brothers Mortuary, 255 South Second East.  Salt Lake City, where friends may call Thursday March 16, 6-8 p.m. and Friday, one hour prior to services.
*The name here should be Ruel, not Reed

Funeral program:
From the personal albums of Sarah Neilsen
"Margret M Hansen in SLC"
From personal albums of Lois Chatfield

* Family records indicate that she died while staying with her son in Pennsylvania, but she was buried in Utah.

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