Neil E. Hansen

HANSEN Neil E. Hansen, age 68, of Center Ossipee, N.H., husband of Jean (Schondorf) Hansen, died Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at Oakwood Health Care Center, in Dearborn, Mich. Born in Middletown, he was the son of the late J. Corneilius and Minnie (Gritzmacher) Hansen. Mr. Hansen was a veteran of the Korean War. He had lived in Westbrook from 1960 to 1997, moving to Center Ossipee, N.H. He was employed by R. R. Donnelley in Old Saybrook for 33 years as a pressroom supervisor and buyer. Mr. Hansen was instrumental in starting the Old Saybrook Methodist Church and Jean Hansen Publications. He was an avid UConn women s basketball and N.Y. Yankees fan. Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, N. Eric Hansen and his wife, Krisha, of Westbrook; two daughters, Diane Greco and her husband, Robert, of Southbury, and Sue Adams and her husband, Patrick, of Trumbull; one sister, Elizabeth Warburton of St. Louis; and eight grandchildren: Patrick, Hayley, Danielle, Christopher, Sara, Michael, Kelsey and Jeremy. Funeral services will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Middletown, Monday, August 11, 2003, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Virginia H. Wilcox, minister, will officiate and interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middletown. Friends may call at the Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church Street, Middletown, Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m., and are invited to send a message of condolence to the family at the website of www.doolittlefuneralservice. com. Those who prefer may make contributions in his memory to the First United Methodist Church, 24 Old Church Street, Middletown, CT 06457, or the Oakwood Healthcare System Foundation, Fund #207L, 23400 Michigan Avenue, Suite #301, Dearborn, MI 48124.