Harlan Hanson

Harlan Duane Hanson,

74, of Bismarck, passed

away on Jan. 22, 2017 at

his home after a 3 month

battle with pancreatic

cancer. A memorial ser-

vice will be held on Mon-

day, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. at

the Bismarck Funeral

Home (3723 Lockport

Street).

Harlan, son of William

(Bill) and Clara (Brevig)

Hanson, was born on

March 12, 1942 in Minot,

ND.  He grew up in

Parshall, ND and graduat-ed from Parshall High

School in May of 1960. He

joined the Army in 1961

and was sent to Fort

Bragg, North Carolina.

Harlan was stationed 50

miles out of Paris France

and did a lot of sightsee-

ing throughout Europe

while there. Upon his

discharge he attended the

State School of Science in

Wahpeton, ND and be-

came a journeyman elec-

trician. He served as an

instructor for the appren-

tice program in Bismarck

for many years.

On May 26, 1973, he

married Janette Clauson

and they had 3 children.

He worked construction at

the 4 power plant north of

Bismarck and later was

employed by WAPA in

Wyoming before transfer-

ring back to Bismarck.

Harlan retired in 2007.

Harlan enjoyed the great

outdoors from skiing in

Colorado, fishing at lakes

in ND and Canada, hunt-

ing in the Kathryn area

and camping all over

western U.S. with his

family. One memorable

camping and hiking trip

was with is youngest

daughter, Nancy, to Red

Lodge in MT. In 1990,

Harlan bet that his first

grandchild, Joey, was go-

ing to arrive on his birth-

day, and he was right.

Family: He is survived

by his wife, Janette Han-

son; one son, Charles, of

Grand Forks, ND; two

daughters, Ginger (Jeff)

Dahl, and Nancy Hanson,

all of Bismarck; and two

grandchildren, Joseph

Metzel and Haley Dahl;

one sister, LouAnn (Jerry)

Steele, of Parshall; and

many nieces and

nephews.

He was preceded in

death by his parents and

one brother, William.

(Bismarck Funeral

Home)