Donald "Don" Hansen

Don Hansen of Spokane, Wash., was welcomed to Heaven on June 9, 2022.

He was born in March 26, 1935, in Asotin, Wash., to Oscar and Geneva Hansen. His sister Doris arrived two years later and together the family moved several times until they settled on a ranch in Hay, Wash. Although he later enjoyed a career in the oil industry, his fondest memories were of his days on the farm.

After graduation from Lacrosse High School in 1953, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Alabama, Moses Lake, Anchorage Alaska and California, before he was honorably discharged in 1958.

When he was...