Dorothy Hanson
January 28, 1928 ~ May 14, 2025
Born in:
Robinson, North Dakota
Resided in:
Fargo, North Dakota
Dorothy Hanson, 97, Fargo passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo.
Dorothy Esther Hanson was born January 28, 1928, in Robinson North Dakota and was the youngest daughter of Dominik and Lillian (Barnet) Subart. After receiving her teaching certificate, she taught school at Bordulac, ND for 2 years, married Glenn Hanson in 1949 and moved to a farm near Chaseley, ND.
Like most farm wives, she raised children, cows, chickens, pigs, cats, parakeets, dogs and cats. The family loved those parakeets but they scared Kathy Weckerly half to death. She created a garden that could have fed half of the county, canned and froze most of the food the family ate. She became known as producing some of the best dill pickles in Hurdsfield, ND. She was an excellent cook and baker, mastering Mary Subart’s bread recipe and baking enough goodies to again feed half the county. She was a leader for 4-H, Sunday School, a chauffeur, a milker of cows, slopper of hogs, and gatherer of eggs.
She loved when the granddaughters visited and spent time helping hang laundry on the clothesline, walking out to the mailbox and listening to her tell stories about “the old days” when she was a kid. She could entertain the entire Subart or Hanson family with finesse on holidays, tolerated her children bringing friends in for meals or sleepovers, and provided food for almost every school and church event.
Survivors include her children, Wayne Hanson of Cedar Rapids, IA and Val Hanson of Fargo, ND, grandchildren, Rondi Hanson of Des Moines, IA and Greta Hart of Cedar Rapids, IA as well as many nieces and nephews.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents Dominik and Lillian Subart, husband Glenn Hanson, and siblings Hermen Subart, Joe Subart, Hedwig Klonecky, Georgia Orner, Alyce Dockter, Lorraine Hill.
Dorothy’s family wishes to express their appreciation to all the caregivers at the Bethany Retirement Community for the wonderful care and attention they provided in the final years of her life.
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Services
Funeral Mass - Friday: May 23, 2025 2:00 pm
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, West Fargo
210 5th Ave W
West Fargo, North Dakota 58078
(701) 282-3321
https://www.bscwf.org/
Visitation - Friday: May 23, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, West Fargo
210 5th Ave W
West Fargo, North Dakota 58078
(701) 282-3321
https://www.bscwf.org/
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Aunt Dorothy will be miss by me snd all who knew and loved her. I have such fun memories of our times at their farm and in later years our long phone conversation about any topics that struck our fancy. We could always find things and situations to giggle about it seemed. She was our last living relative from the prior generation and believe me she had lots of stories to share. I will definitely miss her.