Jeanette E. Hansen

Graveside services for Jeanette Elaine (Peterson) Hansen, age 71, will be held Thursday, April 26, at 2:00 at the Plainview Danish Cemetery.  Visitation will be before the service  on Thursday from 11:00 - 1:30, at the Ashburn Funeral Home in Plainview, NE.

Jeanette Elaine (Peterson) Hansen was born July 18, 1946 to Harold & Margaret (Detlefsen) Peterson in Neligh, NE.  Jeanette attended a rural school in Elgin until 4th grade and then attended Neligh Public Schools, graduating in 1965.  Jeanette then moved to Norfolk and worked at Dudley Dry Cleaners until Spring, 1968.

On August 3, 1968, Jeanette was united in marriage to Loren Hansen. To this union a son, David Wayne, was born in 1970.  Loren, Jeanette and David  made their home and farmed in rural Plainview until moving  into town in 2005.

Jeanette loved caring for people and often times would babysit for young children.  She loved to read and enjoyed flowers, the outdoors, and cooking for her family.  Jeanette will be forever remembered as a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend. She is survived by her beloved husband  Loren, son David , brother Allen (Diesla) Peterson of Idaho, sister Ellen Heermann and brother Terry (Donna) Peterson of Neligh, NE, sisters-in-law Louise Peterson, Raejeanne Peterson and Ida Peterson of Neligh, NE, and Linda (Chuck) Houston of Pocahontas, Ia, and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.  Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents, her mother and father-in- law, brothers Ronald, Darrell, Lee, Lynn, Barry and Dean, sister Sharon, and sister-in-law Susan Hansen.