Michigan State University Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Edwin Hanson
PEORIA - Edwin E. Hanson, 87, of Peoria passed away at 2:35 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Edwin was born Jan. 11, 1926, in Urbana Ill., to E. Ruth Handy and Frank P. Hanson. The family moved to Peoria, where Ed attended Sipp School, then Kellar, and Woodruff High School. At 17, he joined the ROTC Program of the National Guard at Michigan State University, and was sent to active military duty in the Philippines, where he was awarded a Bronze...