Bonnie Hanson

Bonnie Jean Hanson, age 83, passed away Monday, October 21, 2024, at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab Center in Baldwin City.

She was born on January 28, 1941, in Salina, the daughter of Willard and Fern (Miller) Burkman.

On June 1, 1958, in Salem, Missouri, she married Kenneth Leroy Hanson. He preceded her in death in 2022.

Bonnie was a homemaker who loved to paint and quilt and was very artistic. She was a member of the Alert Covenant Church, loved singing about her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by four children, Kenneth Hanson, Jr. and wife Debbie of Salina, Christine Marshall and husband Cullen of Solomon, John Hanson and wife Lee Ann of Baldwin City, and Julie Weidenhaft and husband Brandon of Hays; one brother, Jim Burkman of Tennessee; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two infant sons, Stephen and Karl Hanson; two sisters, Carolyn Bailey and Diana Bergman, and one brother, Bill Burkman.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home with Pastor Dwight Diller officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Saturday. Burial will be in the Randolph Fancy Creek Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Blue Valley Foundation and left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.