Marian E. Hanson, 89, Elbow Lake, formerly of Beaver Creek and Luverne, died Monday, June 16, 2003, at ELEAH Medical Center in Elbow Lake.Services were Friday, June 20, at Bethlehem-West Elbow Lake Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake. The Revs. Weston Moir and Maurice E. Hagen officiated. Burial was in Beaver Creek Cemetery on Saturday, June 21. Marian Huselid was born to Martin and Anna Huselid on Aug. 14, 1913, in rural Clinton. She was baptized at St. Pauli Lutheran Church in Clinton. She graduated as valedictorian of the 1936 Clinton senior class. She entered the Fairview Hospital Nursing Program and received her RN degree. She then worked at Fairview Hospital, eventually becoming the medical floor head nurse. She married Emer Hanson of Minneapolis in 1939 at St. Pauli Lutheran Church in Clinton. Following their marriage, they lived in Minneapolis, Appleton and Beaver Creek. Mr. Hanson had been a bank examiner and a bank cashier prior to the purchasing of the Beaver Creek State Bank in 1951. The bank was sold in 1974 and they retired to Luverne. Mr. Hanson died on July 7, 1980. Mrs. Hanson was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne and active in the women’s groups. She moved to the Barrett Care Center, Elbow Lake, in December 2002. Survivors include three children, John (Shirley) Hanson, Savage, Mary (Dr. Larry) Rapp, Elbow Lake, and Dr. Martin (Paulette) Hanson, Marshall; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, Dick (Marlys) Huselid, Florida; two sisters, Gladys (Jim) Haxton, Arizona, and Jeanette Stacke, Lakeville; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Hanson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Emer, two brothers, Sanford and Paul, and two sisters, Eleanor and Sylvia. Erickson-Smith Funeral Home, Elbow Lake, was in charge of arrangements.
