Service of Remembrance for A. Dyann Hanson, age 70 of Lodgepole, will be Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Centennial Chapel of Evanson Jensen Funeral Homes in Hettinger, ND. Rev. Dan Lindemann will officiate and burial will follow at the Lodgepole Cemetery in Lodgepole, SD. Visitations will be from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 at the Centennial Chapel in Hettinger, ND and one hour prior to the service on Thursday afternoon.

A. Dyann Brabazon was born on January 5, 1942, at the Springer Hospital in Hettinger, ND, to Raymond and Eileen (Stalder) Brabazon. It was 30º below zero. Her dad had two batteries connected to the Model B car and it started! Dyann passed away at MedCenter One in Bismarck, ND, on May 17, 2012.

Dyann grew to adulthood on the family farm near Lodgepole, SD. During that time she did everything from mowing hay, hauling bales and raising 4H lambs to designing and sewing her own clothes. She especially enjoyed riding her horse Banner and trailing livestock for family and friends.

She attended Parker grade school, graduated from Hettinger High School in 1960 and attended Black Hills State College in Spearfish, SD.

Dyann was very musical. At an early age she taught herself how to play the piano. She later mastered the accordion, organ, guitar, drums and banjo. She had her own dance band where she played guitar and sang. Later she played drums for the Satellites dance band.

On April 7, 1962, she married Leonard Hanson of Reva, SD. To this union was born two daughters—Dixie Rae and Julie Dyann. Their first home was in Prairie City, SD where she owned and operated the Prairie City Café.

In the spring of 1967 they moved to the home Brabazon place where they began farming and ranching with her parents. They have remained there for the last 45 years.

Dyann was a very strong person. She enjoyed meeting people and conversing. She was talented at everything she tried, from decorating cakes to making quilts for several family members. She worked at the Hettinger Co-op Equity Exchange, cooked at the Legion Café, worked at Secrest Law Firm, sold life and health insurance, sold Shaklee products and gave music lessons. She and her husband raised angora goats and owned and operated the Outback Mohair & Wool of America, Inc. in Lemmon, SD, where they purchased and sold wool and mohair.

Dyann took immediately to the computer age. She spent many hours tracing the family history back to Jaques Le Brabazon, who was William the Conqueror's standard flag bearer during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. She became interested in and was currently involved in the Science of Biofeedback.

Preceding her in death were here parents and a sister and brother-in-law, Delores and Duane Kroft.
Left to morn her passing is her husband of fifty years, Leonard; her sister Betty (Mike) Chapman of Rawlins, WY; her daughters Dixie and Julie Hanson; granddaughters Brandi (Dustin) Kelso, Ivory and Breanna Hanson; and great grandson Trig Hanson all of Hettinger, ND. Also many extended family members and friends.