Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
May 3, 2013
Elsie M. Hansen (nee Danielson), age 81 of Wayne, died peacefully on Saturday, May 4, 2013. She had been a resident of Packanack Lake since 1956.
Elsie was born in Brooklyn, New York during the Great Depression. Conditions were very difficult in Brooklyn and at the age of nine months, she and her brother were sent to Norway to live with an aunt. Elsie returned to Brooklyn when she was five years old and she began schooling. She graduated from Bay Ridge High School in 1949 and her family moved to Oak Ridge, New Jersey. She began working at Reaction Motors in Denville where she was a comptometer operator.
While living in Oak Ridge, she met Allen Hansen, who also lived in the community. Allen joined the U.S. Navy and the distance proved too much for their relationship. He received a “Dear John” letter from Elsie while serving on the island of Guam. His heart was broken but soon thereafter he received a letter from Elsie’s mother asking him to please write to Elsie. He did and their relationship rekindled thereafter. Upon his return from the Navy, they were married at the Lutheran Church in Hibernia on April 7, 1956. They honeymooned in Florida, beginning a joyful marriage that endured for fifty seven years.
After marrying, they moved to Packanack Lake in Wayne where they lived with Elsie’s cousin for one year before purchasing their own home. They enjoyed living there and they’ve been in the same home since 1957.
Elsie enjoyed knitting and crochet. She was very fast and could even crochet while watching TV. She could crochet afghans at the rate of about one or two per month, and some of the larger ones took her a little longer, but she was very quick. Her yarn supply completely filled one room in their home and up until she became ill with Alzheimer’s disease, she was producing Afghan blankets on a regular basis. She and Allen were fortunate to travel quite a bit and they visited Florida regularly. They had also toured around the United States, including California and Texas.
Elsie is survived by her husband of fifty seven years; Allen of Wayne, two children; Karen M. Frankland and her husband Kenneth of Wayne, and Erik D. Hansen of Boulder, CO, seven grandchildren; Donna, Kenneth, Erika, Britta, Adrianna, Joshua, and Aneka, and one brother; Sigard Danielson and his wife Terry of Morris Plains, NJ.
Memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or to The Salvation Army, would be greatly appreciated. Elsie’s mother had volunteered as a cook at the Salvation Army’s Star Lake Camp in Bloomingdale and their mission was dear to her heart.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
May 3, 2013
Elsie M. Hansen (nee Danielson), age 81 of Wayne, died peacefully on Saturday, May 4, 2013. She had been a resident of Packanack Lake since 1956.
Elsie was born in Brooklyn, New York during the Great Depression. Conditions were very difficult in Brooklyn and at the age of nine months, she and her brother were sent to Norway to live with an aunt. Elsie returned to Brooklyn when she was five years old and she began schooling. She graduated from Bay Ridge High School in 1949 and her family moved to Oak Ridge, New Jersey. She began working at Reaction Motors in Denville where she was a comptometer operator.
While living in Oak Ridge, she met Allen Hansen, who also lived in the community. Allen joined the U.S. Navy and the distance proved too much for their relationship. He received a “Dear John” letter from Elsie while serving on the island of Guam. His heart was broken but soon thereafter he received a letter from Elsie’s mother asking him to please write to Elsie. He did and their relationship rekindled thereafter. Upon his return from the Navy, they were married at the Lutheran Church in Hibernia on April 7, 1956. They honeymooned in Florida, beginning a joyful marriage that endured for fifty seven years.
After marrying, they moved to Packanack Lake in Wayne where they lived with Elsie’s cousin for one year before purchasing their own home. They enjoyed living there and they’ve been in the same home since 1957.
Elsie enjoyed knitting and crochet. She was very fast and could even crochet while watching TV. She could crochet afghans at the rate of about one or two per month, and some of the larger ones took her a little longer, but she was very quick. Her yarn supply completely filled one room in their home and up until she became ill with Alzheimer’s disease, she was producing Afghan blankets on a regular basis. She and Allen were fortunate to travel quite a bit and they visited Florida regularly. They had also toured around the United States, including California and Texas.
Elsie is survived by her husband of fifty seven years; Allen of Wayne, two children; Karen M. Frankland and her husband Kenneth of Wayne, and Erik D. Hansen of Boulder, CO, seven grandchildren; Donna, Kenneth, Erika, Britta, Adrianna, Joshua, and Aneka, and one brother; Sigard Danielson and his wife Terry of Morris Plains, NJ.
Memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or to The Salvation Army, would be greatly appreciated. Elsie’s mother had volunteered as a cook at the Salvation Army’s Star Lake Camp in Bloomingdale and their mission was dear to her heart.
Guestbook