Memorial services for Mike Hanson, age 58, of Northwood, Iowa, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 9, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Don Rose will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the services at Bayview.

Mike died Monday, May 5, 2003, at Muse-Norris Hospice Unit in Mason City, Iowa.

Paul Aaron “Mike” Hanson was born June 5, 1944, to Victor G. and Mary H. (Head) Hanson in Albert Lea. He attended schools in Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School. Mike was a boxer with the Golden Gloves. He was a member of the Moose Club. Mike moved to Beaumont, Texas, and established Double H Trucking – a brokerage company. He also started the Vidor Boxing Club for kids in Vidor, Texas, and coached the young boxers. In 1991, Mike moved back to Iowa to be closer to his family. He was employed as an over-the-road truck driver for Van Wyk Truck Lines in Sheldon, Iowa. On Jan. 4, 2002, Mike was united in marriage to Connie Lee Hill in Mason City, Iowa. He became disabled in January 2003.

Mike loved hunting and fishing, nature and animals, especially his cats, Smoky and Bandit. He was great at woodworking, collected guns, and enjoyed watching stock car racing and football. His favorite foods included Jake’s Pizza, banana popsicles and orange sherbet. Mike could socialize with people he didn’t even know, but most of all he loved spending time with his family and friends.

Survivors include his wife, Connie Hanson of Northwood; daughter, Sandy Farnes and her son Troy of New Richland; daughter, Terri Hanson and her daughter, Deserae Anderson, and granddaughter, Jazmine Lindquist, of Cosmos; daughter, Angie Paczkowski and her son, Zackery, and daughter, Cassie, of Reno, Nev.; stepson, Kevin Braddy and wife Kay and daughter, Kallie, of Dublin, Ga.; stepdaughter, Cathy Couey and son, Taylor Outlaw, also of Dublin; brothers: George Hanson of Santa Clara, Calif., Larry Hanson of Austin, and Eddie and wife Betty Hanson of Albert Lea; sisters: Ellen and husband Gary Alkire of San Antonio, Texas, MaryBeth and husband Larry Nelson of Glenville, and Barb and husband Dick Kath of Manchester; brother-in-law, Austin Wimberley of Cadwell, Ga.; and special friends, Steve and Heather Hinz and Jim Volinkaty.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Victor & Mary Hanson; sister, Kaye Weise; and grandson, Ryan Anderson.

He will be greatly missed by all.