This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hansen/Pike Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/202 Message Board Post: HANSEN, BUS LINE OWNER, FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME Lowell C. Hansen, 68, s. Minnesota Avenue, owner of the Jack Rabbit Bus Lines, was found dead at his residence Sunday. Dr. R. D. Schultz, Minnehahah County coroner, said Mr. Hansen's body was found outside his greenhouse back of his home about 11:30 a.m. He apparently had been dead about an h our, the coroner said. The body was found by Mrs. Lowell Hansen, Jr., a daughter-in-law. Dr. Schultz said Mr. Hansen was found next to the greenhouse. A window pane in the greenhouse was found broken and Mr. Hansen had suffered a severe cut on his left wrist, Dr. Schultz said. Investigation is continuing, the coroner said. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist Church. Masonis services will be held a 7:30 p.m. at the Benz Memorial Chapel. Mr. Hansen was born on Jan 23, 1902, at Viborg. He was graduated from Viborg High School in 1921. He attended Nettleton Commercial College and Sioux Falls College. He married Edith Pike at Canton on April 12, 1936. In addition to being the founder and owner of the Jack Rabbit Bus Lines, he and H. Lauren Lewis, also of Sioux Falls, purchased in 1962 the Wilson Truck System, which is now operated as All-American Transport, Inc. Mr. Hansen's business operations in his career in Sioux Falls also included the purchase of taxicab and transit companies. In 1963 Mr. Hansen was potentate of El Riad Shrine. Memberships include Trinity Lodge No. 200, AF & AM. Sioux Falls Chapter, No. 2 Royal Arch Masons, Alpha Council, Cyrene Commandery, Jesters and the Elks Club. Survivors include his widow, a son, Lowell C. Hansen, Jr., Sioux Falls, a daughters, Lynne at home; three grandchildren; two brothers, Melvin Hansen, Sioux Falls, and Ralh Hansen, Harrisburg. Mr. Hansen was preceded in death by a son, Jon, in July 1968. Jon was a passenger aboard a single engine plane lost on a trip to West Palm Beach from the Bahamas. The Argus Leader Mon. Feb. 16, 1970 Thanks to Clair Grant for the lookup