Virginia L Hansen

Virginia L. Hansen, age 94 of Viborg, SD passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home. A private memorial

service will be held at a later date.  Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery in Viborg.  Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home.

Virginia Lee Manzel, daughter of Louie and Millicent Manzel, was born December 24, 1927 in

Viborg, SD. She was baptized on May 11, 1941 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Viborg.

Virginia attended school in Viborg where she graduated.

Virginia was united in marriage to Gordon Oleson on February 22, 1951. They farmed near her

family farm in Viborg. Virginia worked as a bookkeeper at the bank in Viborg and later at the

clinic. She and Gordon enjoyed going to their cabin in the Black Hills snowmobiling with family

and friends. She loved entertaining her many nieces and nephews at her farm. There were

always a plethora of cats and kittens to play with. Virginia had a love of cats and always had a

house cat.

Virginia later married Victor Hansen and continued to live on her farm until she entered Pioneer

Memorial Nursing Home in Viborg.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gordon Oleson and Victor Hansen, her parents,

brother-in-law, Orlin Strunk and her special friend Merton Nelson. Grateful for sharing of life

are her sisters, Carmen Strunk (Orlin) of Viborg and Mary Lou Paulsen (Orland) of Rapid City, SD

and numerous nieces and nephews.