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Edna Elna Hanson
Last updated 29 Sep 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 23 Sep 1919 in Viborg, Turner County, South Dakota, United States
Died: 24 Aug 2019 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Father: Edward Hanson (? – bef 2017)
Mother: Amelia Garness (? – bef 2017)
marriage-lebeau-hanson-license-affidavit-1941: Affidavit for Marriage License for Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson (1941); Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 Sep 2023), “⟩ Yuma ⟩ Marriage Applications, 1941”, image 7577; citing “County Marriage Records; Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.”
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Edna Elna Hanson).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Edna Elna Hanson).
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source includes her [first married] name (Edna (Hanson) LeBeau) as well as her second {Edna Johnson).
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marriage-lebeau-hanson-license-affidavit-1941: Affidavit for Marriage License for Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson (1941); Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 Sep 2023), “⟩ Yuma ⟩ Marriage Applications, 1941”, image 7577; citing “County Marriage Records; Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.”
Comment Detail: Source includes age (21) and location (South Dakota). Using her age and the affidavit date of 29 Mar 1941 gives a birth date range from 30 Mar 1919 to 29 Mar 1920.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (September 23, 1919) and location (west of Viborg, SD).
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obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes date (August 24, 2019) and implied location of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [She lived in Sioux Falls and the funeral services were in Sioux Falls.)
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obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source identifies Edna Elna Hanson as a biological daughter of Edward Hanson.
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obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source identifies Edna Elna Hanson as a biological daughter of Amelia Hanson.
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Family #1
Spouse/Partner: Willard Wallace LeBeau (bet 1915/1916 – 1964)
Married: 1941 in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source indicates Willard LeBeau and Edna Hanson were married (Willard and Edna (Hanson) LeBeau).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1968) and location (Luverne, MN).
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source indicates Trygve Johnson and Edna (Hanson) LeBeau are married. (Trygve Johnson is Helen McQuisten's step-father, and Helen was survived by her mother, Edna Jonson.)
marriage-lebeau-hanson-license-affidavit-1941: Affidavit for Marriage License for Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson (1941); Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 Sep 2023), “⟩ Yuma ⟩ Marriage Applications, 1941”, image 7577; citing “County Marriage Records; Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.”
Comment Detail: Source implies marraige on or shortly after 29 Mar 1941 between Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1941) and location (Yuma, AZ).
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Child: William "Bill" LeBeau (? – bef 2017)
Child: Edward LeBeau (? – bef 2017)
Child: Helen Marie LeBeau (1946 – 2017)
Family #2
Spouse/Partner: Trygve Johnson (? – 1995)
Married: 1968 in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, United States
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source indicates Willard LeBeau and Edna Hanson were married (Willard and Edna (Hanson) LeBeau).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1968) and location (Luverne, MN).
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source indicates Trygve Johnson and Edna (Hanson) LeBeau are married. (Trygve Johnson is Helen McQuisten's step-father, and Helen was survived by her mother, Edna Jonson.)
marriage-lebeau-hanson-license-affidavit-1941: Affidavit for Marriage License for Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson (1941); Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 Sep 2023), “⟩ Yuma ⟩ Marriage Applications, 1941”, image 7577; citing “County Marriage Records; Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.”
Comment Detail: Source implies marraige on or shortly after 29 Mar 1941 between Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1941) and location (Yuma, AZ).
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Miscellaneous Facts
Events
Burial: at Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, United States
Church: St. Catherine Church, Abt 1968-1995 at Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, United States
Degree: LPN from Presentation College, Aft 1969 at Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, United States
Employer: Sioux Valley Hospital at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Employer: V.A. Medical Center, Bef 1984 at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Church: St. John American Lutheran Church, Aft 1995 at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Cemetery: Maplewood Cemetery at Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, United States
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes location (Luverne, MN).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes church (St. Catherine Church), location (Luverne [, Minnesota]) and years are presumed to be the years she was living in Luverne, about 1968 to 1995.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes degree (L.P.N.), adn implied school (Presentation College) and location (Mitchell, SD). An LPN degree generally takes 12 to 18 months.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes employer (Sioux Valley Hospital) which is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes employer (V.A. Medical Center) and retirement year (1984). The VA center is presumably the one in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Source also notes this followed working for Sioux Valley Hospital.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes church (St. John American Lutheran Church) which is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and year is presumed to be sometime after she moved back to Sioux Falls, South Dakota following Trygve Johnson's death in 1995.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes cemetery name (Maplewood Cemetery) and location (Luverne, MN).
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Attributes
Residence: at San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States
Residence: at Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Residence: at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Residence: at Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, United States
Education: Presentation College at Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, United States
Residence: at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Residence: at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
marriage-lebeau-hanson-license-affidavit-1941: Affidavit for Marriage License for Willard Wallace LeBeau and Edna Elna Hanson (1941); Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 Sep 2023), “⟩ Yuma ⟩ Marriage Applications, 1941”, image 7577; citing “County Marriage Records; Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.”
Comment Detail: Source includes date (29 day of March A.D. 1941) and location (San Diego, Calif.).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes appoximate time ("after the war" [World War II]) and location (Independence, MO).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes appoximate time ("later" [meaning after living in Independence, Missouri]) and location (Sioux Falls [, South Dakota]).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1968 ["... and the couple made their home there" after marrying Trygve Johnson]) and location (Luverne, MN).
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes school name (Presentation College) and location (Mitchell, SD). Note that the college was not co-educational until 1968, providing a limit on the enrollment year.
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Comment Detail: Source includes year ("After Trygve passed away in 1995") and location (Sioux Falls [, South Dakota]).
obituary-helen-mcquisten-2017: Obituary for Helen Marie (LeBeau) McQuisten (2017); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com: accessed 2 Sep 2017), Miller Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), published after 28 Aug 2017
Comment Detail: Source includes location (Sioux Falls, SD) and obituary date of 28 Aug 2017.
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General Notes and Anecdotes
Edna was a member of the quilting club at the St. John American Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. She also enjoyed playing Bingo, making lefsa, singing, playing the guitar, and riding her horse. [obituary-edna-johnson-2019]
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
FOLLOWUP
Trgve Johnson and Edna may have been married 28 Sep 1968. However, the source (no images, and the certificate must be purchased) puts the marriage in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. (from the Ancestry South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2017 database)
Edna had siblings who preceded her in death: bothers Olaf Hanson and Henry Hanson, and sisters Agnes (Hanson) Armstrong, Grace (Hanson) Westall, and Helen (Hanson) Leimbach. One sibling, sister {private} of Doon, Iowa, survived her. [obituary-edna-johnson-2019]
obituary-edna-johnson-2019: Obituary for Edna Elna Johnson (2019); Miller Funeral Home (https://www.millerfh.com/home: accessed 29 Sep 2023), Westside Chapel (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
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