 1919 - 1997 (77 years)
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| Name |
HANSEN, Dallas Alfred |
| Born |
25 Apr 1919 |
Lago, Bannock(Caribou), Id, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
17 Apr 1997 |
Logan, Cache, Ut |
| Buried |
21 Apr 1997 |
Allen-Hall Mortuary Chapel Logan Ut--Logan City Cemetary |
| Notes |
- From the local newspaper:
FLIER VISITS LAGO ON FURLOUGH
Lago, Bannock County, Idaho
T/Sgt. Dallas Hansen, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Hansen, arrived home Wednesday for a 3--day furlough.
He participated in the D-Day invasion flights and completed 33 (actually 38) missions over Berlin and Hamburg (and many other cities in Germany and France)in a B-17 named "Coral Princess"
Dallas, enginer-gunner, was decorated with the distinguished flying cross and air medal with three oak leaf clusters. Last winter he returned from Alaska and the Aleutian islands
He married Arlene Thomas of Paul Saturday. He will be stationed somewhere in the states following his furlough.
Bud remembers:
It was he and Dallas's job to mow the lawn and cut the suckers around the trees. This was no easy task because the lawn was about 75 feet long and 50 feet wide. They had to use a push mower. Finally they each got a pet lamb and tied them out on the front lawn which cut down on the chore.
Dallas was always very social and outgoing. If there was a school play Dallas was always in it, and mostly in the lead.
He and Bud had a telegraph they built. They sent each other messages in Morse code. They built a tree house in the back yard and would sleep out there sometimes in the summer time.
Dallas never did like to milk the cows so it was his job to feed the calves and seperate the milk while Bud milked.
During the depression the crops were affected and there was not so much to do.
Bud and Dallas went to SLC to visit Aunt Lois Gattrel and Uncle Cryus. Uncle Cyrus was the Librarian at the state capital so they visited the capital building . Bud and Dallas went up into the dome and could see all over the town of SLC. This was about 1934 and the town was not too big. They went all over on the streetcars- to the temple and tabernacle and Saltaire, but they didn't go swimming.
In 1936 the boys had again saved their money for a trip and got to visit Aunt Clara in Los Angeles. They went at Christmas time. Uncle Lee took them on a ride through Hollywood so they could see the homes of the stars. They went and saw the Naval yards. That was the year they were installing escalators so they had to try that out at Macys. They attended the Rose Bowl parade. Lee and Clara showed them a wonderful time.
Bud and Dallas helped with the sheep drives. Everyone in the valley who had sheep would put them together and drive them to Lanes Creek (a pasture owned by Leon Swensen) a distance of about 45 to 50 miles. They walked and rode horses. It took about 2 weeks to make the trip. Bud says this was in the early 30's. The boys helped herd the lambs for sale. When the buyer purchased the lambs he offered to take the family to dinner. That was the boy's first experience in "eating in a cafe".
Dallas saw the Army as a way to further his education, so he joined in 1939. He was sent to California for basic training. He had transfered by the time Bud got there in 1940.
On the 13 of February, 1942 Dallas was on a troop train that went thru Soda Springs. Unbeknowns to him, his mother, Adelia Dubois Hansen was having major surgery and passed away that day.
From Mary Ann Hildreth Hansen
Obituitary:
Dallas Alfred Hansen, 77, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 1997 at the Sunshine terrace (Logan, Utah)
He was born 25 April 1919 in Lago Idaho to Adelia Dubois and Alfred P. Hansen.
Dallas graduated from Thatcher High School in Idaho in 1937. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1939 and received an honorable discharge in 1945. He married Arlene Thomas and had twin sons. They were later divorced. He married Alta "Pat" Mathers, they had a daughter and a son, they were later divorced. He married Thelma Rasmussen (Bassett) in 1962 and became the "adopted" father of Thelma's five children. Their marriage was later solomized in the Logan LDS temple.
Dallas was very proud to have served his country as a "gunner" in the Air Corps in world war 11. He recieved numerous medals and displayed them on the many hats he wore throughout his life.
He worked for Utah Power & Light Co. for over 40 years. He was an operator at the Grace, Idaho and Salt Lake City plants and was superintendent at the Oneida Station in Idaho for several years before his retirement in 1981.
He was an active member of the Logan Eagles and Lion's Club for many years.
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| Person ID |
I1279 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2012 |
| Father |
HANSEN, Alfred Peter, b. 30 Nov 1896, Lago, Bannock(Caribou), Id, USA , d. 28 Jan 1983, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
BASSETT, Adelia Dubois, b. 3 Sep 1894, Lago (Trout Creek), Bannock, Id, USA , d. 13 Feb 1942, Soda Springs, Caribou, Id, USA (Age 47 years) |
| Married |
31 Aug 1918 |
Pocatello, Bannock, Id, USA |
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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