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Sven Hansell Obituary
Died peacefully after a long illness on Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Roseville, California. Beloved husband of Marie-Agnes Dittrich of Vienna, Austria, he leaves behind two children: Cristina-Astrid Hansell of Hong Kong and Peter Sven Hansell and his wife Kristen Ford of Sacramento, California. He was the loving grandfather of Charlotte Chuen, Sophia Chuen, Katarina Hansell, and Audrey Hansell. Mr. Hansell is also survived by two sisters, Astrid Horton and her husband Edward of Sun City, Arizona, and Lisbeth Williams of Woodstock, New York, and by his former wife Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell of El Sobrante, California. A private, commemorative ceremony will be held at Lake Tahoe, California.
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Heidi Irgens, M.A.
March 30, 2014
Thank you for sharing your father/husband/grandfather with so many people. Many of us benefited by knowing Sven. I believe I was his last thesis advisee at the Univ of Iowa. We had a fun topic. Both I and the composer I wrote on are also of Scandinavian descent and halfway through the process we discovered that the three of us were all 7th cousins—which Sven found highly amusing. I was truly grateful for his guidance when I got stuck, his support when I became discouraged, and his humor. He was a wonderful person and will be missed. Please accept my condolences.
March 28, 2014
Almighty assures us that:DON'T BE ANXIOUS OVER ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER, SUPPLICATION, AND THANKSGIVING LET YOUR PETITIONS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD.phillipians4:6&7.Truly sorry for your loss.
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