Rulon Kershaw Hansen was Asher's brother-in-law.
He married Asher's younger sister, Margret.
He married Asher's younger sister, Margret.
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According to these documents the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 20 Dec 1902- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
DEATH: 3 Sept 1950- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
He was 47 years old when he died.
Obituary:
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SOURCE: Deseret News 1950, Sept 4, p.8A |
Funeral Rites For Broker To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Rulon Kershaw Hansen, 47, 2122 Garfield Ave., Salt Lake City, real estate broker who died Sunday in a Salt Lake City hospital, will be conducted Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., in the Beacon Ward chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2051 Ramona Ave.
Mr. Hansen was born Dec. 20, 1902, in Salt Lake City, a son of Nelson James and Henrietta Kershaw Hansen. He married Margret Jane Merkley, April 28, 1927, in the Salt Lake Temple.
He received his early education in Salt Lake City, after which he moved to Vernal. He and his wife made their home in Alamosa, Colo., for several years.
In 1935 Mr. Hansen moved to Farmington, N.M., to become manager of a J.C. Penney store. Where there he was president of the Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club and at one time was a ward bishop.
In Salt Lake City he has been active in the Park Stake Sunday School superintendency and in the presidency of the high priest group in Beacon Ward.
He has been owner of the Olympus Realty Company for the past four years.
Survivors include his wife and mother, two sons, and a daughter, Ruel Merkley, David Nelson, and Lois Rose Hansen, all of Salt Lake City; five sisters, Mrs. Florence Childs and Mrs. Ruby Jacobsen of Orem, Mrs. Grace Young and Mrs. Evelyn Hansen of Vernal, and Mrs. Norma Gardner of Billings, Mont.
Friends may call at 260 East South Temple St. Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
*Spelling corrected wherein I was aware.
Funeral notice:
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SOURCE: Vernal Express 1950, Sept 7, p.4 |
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Young, Mrs. N.J. Hansen and Mrs. Evelyn Evans attended the funeral services of Rulon Hansen held in the Beacon ward chapel Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
Death Certificate:
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SOURCE: Utah State Archives |
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