Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA May 11th, 2004 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The funeral Mass for John W. Hansen, 79, of Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Council Bluffs and Dunlap, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Queen of Apostles Church in Council Bluffs with the Rev. Dan Kirby officiating. He was born Jan. 7, 1925, in Dunlap to Earl and Anna (Lahr) Hansen and moved to Council Bluffs as a young boy. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and remained active in the Air Force Reserves after his honorable discharge in 1945, retiring at the rank of major. He earned a degree in chemical engineering at Iowa State University in 1950 and married Patricia Heffernan on June 17, 1950. He worked as a technical engineer at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., Joliet, Ill., and Sioux Falls, where he retired in 1986. Patricia died Nov. 19, 1998. He married Doris Daniel-Ament July 10, 1999, in Sioux Falls. He was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, the Elks Club, Sioux Falls RC'ers, Sodbusters Model Airplane Club, Downtown Kiwanis, Loyal Order of the Moose and St. Michael Cemetery Board of Directors. Mr. Hansen was an avid enthusiast of radio-controlled model airplanes. Self-taught, he loved to play harmonica with his brother, Bob. Loyal, compassionate and considerate, he saw the best in people and brought out the best in people. His outgoing and selfless spirit will be well remembered. Survivors in addition to his wife include a daughter, Karen Luksa and husband, Bill, of Plattsmouth, Neb.; two sons, Karl of Louisville, Ky., and Kurt and wife, Deb, of Sioux Falls; two sisters, Pat French and husband, Warren, of Glendale, Ariz., and Helen Bell of Pope, Miss.; a brother, Bob Hansen of Council Bluffs; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A wake service will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home in Council Bluffs with visitation following until 8:30. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery with military rites by American Legion Post No. 2. A luncheon will follow at the church.