Funeral services for Christine Hansen, age 100, of Lemmon and Meadow, SD will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the New Hope Worship Center. Pastor Harold Delbridge, Pastor Dan Lindeman and Pastor Nels Easterby will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery in Lemmon.


Serving as casketbearers are Les Lensegrav, Dan Anderson, Dan Nelson, David Storm, Jerry Martin and Brian Flatmoe. All of Christine's friends and family are considered honorary casketbearers.


Christine Delzer was born on December 1, 1910 to Jacob Delzer and Eva (Link) Delzer at Pretty Rock, ND. At the age of seven Christine traveled with her family in a covered wagon to live near Gopher, SD. She attended the Pleasant View School and graduated from the eighth grade.


Following school she worked for neighbors doing farm and house work. She then moved to McLaughlin, SD to live with her aunt and uncle, Caroline and August Zacher. It was in McLaughlin, SD that Christine received Christ as her Saviour, at the Evangelical Church.


While working for Lincoln Easterby, Christine met Neils Hansen. They were united in marriage at Bison, SD on March 14, 1934. In 1935, Following her marriage, Christine attended the Northwest Bible Academy in Lemmon, SD. A son, Jens Hansen, was born on Nov. 5, 1935. During the drought of 1936 the family moved to Coeur d'alene, ID where Paul Hansen was born on Feb. 21, 1937.


Christine and her family returned to her beloved SD in 1938 and a son, Floyd Hansen, was born on March 4, 1940. Christine and Neils farmed and ranched together until retiring in 1965. Following their retirement, Niels and Christine traveled to Denmark and Germany to visit relatives. Niels passed away in 1977 and Christine continued to live on the farm until moving to Lemmon, SD. Christine continued to sell Watkins products, knitted and volunteered over 5000 hours at the Five Counties Nursing home.


Christine was a charter member of and taught Sunday school at the Coal Springs Church of God. She was also a 4 H leader for over 50 years and was inducted into the 4H hall of fame in August 2002. Christine received the Perkins County tree care award in 1997.


Christine was a member of the VFW Auxiliary Post 2969 and was one of the few surviving WWI veterans widows. Christine was proud to have received her GED in 1981 (the same year her oldest grandson graduated from high school).


Christine went to meet her Lord on Friday morning, December 24, 2010 at the Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon.


She is survived by her three sons, Jens Hansen and wife Marilyn, Meadow, SD, Paul Hansen and wife Carol, Wakonda, SD, and Floyd Hansen and wife Alice, Jefferson City, MO; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Jacob Delzer, Yakima, WA and Rudolph Delzer and Christ Delzer, both of Denver, CO; one sister, Regina Workman, Yakima, WA; and numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.


She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Eva Delzer; her husband, Niels Hansen; one daughter-in-law, Ruth Hansen; two brothers, Albert Delzer and Alvin Delzer; and one sister, Lena Heinrich.


Visitation will be on Monday, January 10, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and one hour prior to the services at the church on Tuesday.


A memorial has been established to the Gideons to be used for bibles.