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Kathleen Marie “Kay” <I>Bjorklund</I> Hanshaw

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Kathleen Marie “Kay” Bjorklund Hanshaw

Birth
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Dec 1990 (aged 66)
Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, December 19, 1990
KATHLEEN MARIE HANSHAW - Funeral services for Kathleen Marie Hanshaw were held Saturday, Dec. 15, 1990 at the Bedford Baptist Church with Rev. Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa. She died December 11, 1990.
Kathleen "Kay" Bjorklund Hanshaw was born August 11, 1924 at Aurora, Ill. She was the daughter of August Bjorklund II of Appollbo, Sweden and Margaret Carr Bjorklund of Chicago, Ill. Her grandparents were August and Carrie Bjorklund of Appollbo, Sweden and Assia and Teresa Carr of Chicago, Ill.
Kathleen with her two sisters, Hazel Bjorklund Parrish and Eleanor Bjorklund Albaugh grew to womanhood at Batavia, Ill.
At the age of 14 she was confirmed into the Swedish Lutheran Church. She was a member of her Batavia High School glee club, graduating in 1940. After graduation, she was employed in defense work.
On June 14, 1945 she was united in marriage to Paul Forrest "Frosty" Hanshaw at Wathena, Kan., and they made their home in Bedford all their life.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Left to cherish her memory are her son Paul Forrest Hanshaw II and his wife Christy of Glenwood, Iowa; daughter, Judith Ann Engleka and her husband Merle of Visalia, Calif.; grandchildren are Paul Forrest Hanshaw III, Kimberly Abourezk, Tracy Lyn Carlton, Amy Leigh Engleka, and a great grand-daughter, Kelsey Marie Abourezk; sisters, Eleanor Albaugh of Baltimore, Md., and Hazel Parrish of Rialto, Calif.; sister-in-law, Ruth Clark of Bedford, brother-in-law, Clifton Hanshaw of Bedford; several nieces and nephews.
Kay was a Past Matron of Eastern Star, a member of the Taylor County Republican Women's Club, a charter member of the J-T Club, also a member of the local Rebekah Lodge No. 134. She had served on the Taylor County Board of Health. She was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Kay was a kind and loving wife, mother, and grandmother and Kay will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, December 19, 1990
KATHLEEN MARIE HANSHAW - Funeral services for Kathleen Marie Hanshaw were held Saturday, Dec. 15, 1990 at the Bedford Baptist Church with Rev. Ted DeHass officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa. She died December 11, 1990.
Kathleen "Kay" Bjorklund Hanshaw was born August 11, 1924 at Aurora, Ill. She was the daughter of August Bjorklund II of Appollbo, Sweden and Margaret Carr Bjorklund of Chicago, Ill. Her grandparents were August and Carrie Bjorklund of Appollbo, Sweden and Assia and Teresa Carr of Chicago, Ill.
Kathleen with her two sisters, Hazel Bjorklund Parrish and Eleanor Bjorklund Albaugh grew to womanhood at Batavia, Ill.
At the age of 14 she was confirmed into the Swedish Lutheran Church. She was a member of her Batavia High School glee club, graduating in 1940. After graduation, she was employed in defense work.
On June 14, 1945 she was united in marriage to Paul Forrest "Frosty" Hanshaw at Wathena, Kan., and they made their home in Bedford all their life.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Left to cherish her memory are her son Paul Forrest Hanshaw II and his wife Christy of Glenwood, Iowa; daughter, Judith Ann Engleka and her husband Merle of Visalia, Calif.; grandchildren are Paul Forrest Hanshaw III, Kimberly Abourezk, Tracy Lyn Carlton, Amy Leigh Engleka, and a great grand-daughter, Kelsey Marie Abourezk; sisters, Eleanor Albaugh of Baltimore, Md., and Hazel Parrish of Rialto, Calif.; sister-in-law, Ruth Clark of Bedford, brother-in-law, Clifton Hanshaw of Bedford; several nieces and nephews.
Kay was a Past Matron of Eastern Star, a member of the Taylor County Republican Women's Club, a charter member of the J-T Club, also a member of the local Rebekah Lodge No. 134. She had served on the Taylor County Board of Health. She was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church.
Kay was a kind and loving wife, mother, and grandmother and Kay will be missed by all who knew and loved her.


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