Madeline H. Hanson, age 90, passed away on December 4. The daughter of
Robert W. Maher and Honora McCarthy Maher, she was born and raised in
Pennsylvania. Madeline joined the Army Nurse Corps to serve in WWII
upon graduation from nurses training. She was assigned to the 136th
Station Hospital, where she met Lt. Wayne D. Hanson. They went to
England in 1943 in the same unit and they married in Oxford, England at
the end of the war. Wayne and Madeline settled in Amery after the war.
Madeline worked as a nurse at the Amery Hospital and at Golden Age
Manor, where she spent the last 4 years as a patient. Madeline was a
talented sewer and quilter, a gardener, and an avid reader. She was
predeceased by her husband, Wayne, and daughter Celeste. She is survived
by her son, Wayne D. Hanson, Jr. (Margaret Scally), daughter Mary
Hanson, adopted nephew Scott Hanson, granddaughter Katie Scullion (Jeff Weeks), and
great-grandchildren Hailey and Kellen Weeks. The family invites you to a Celebration of Life from 3 to 6 pm at the Williamson-White Funeral Home, 222 Harriman Ave N. Amery on Saturday, December 11, 2010 to remember and celebrate Madeline's life. A private interment will take place at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to the Golden Age Manor Activity Fund in Amery.