Benjamin R. Hanson

GARNER | Benjamin R. Hanson, age 30, of Garner died Friday April 11, 2014, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City as a result of injuries received in a motorcycle accident.

Funeral services for Benjamin R. Hanson will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday April 15, 2014, at the Salem United Methodist Church in Meservey. Pastor Crystal Oberheu will officiate.

Visitation for Benjamin R. Hanson will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday April 14, 2014, at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday.

Benjamin Ray, the son of Kenneth and Kelly Buseman Hanson, was born October 26, 1983, at Mt. Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Ben's father made his career in the U.S. Air Force, consequently Ben was an Air Force Brat. Ben's family grew up living at numerous U.S. Air Force Bases. He lived and attended schools in Mt. Home AFB, ID, RAF Lakenheath AB, England, England AFB, LA, K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI, Barksdale AFB, LA, Whiteman AFB, MO, and retired to Meservey, Iowa.

Because of ill health, Ben was forced to live close to Rochester, MN. Ben graduated from Meservey Thornton Sheffield Chapin High School in 2002. After high school, Ben was employed by Bill's Family Foods in Garner. He returned to Louisiana with his parents after 9/11. It was in Haughton, LA, Ben became a shift manager at Arby's-Pilot Truck Stop for two years.

After returning to Iowa, Ben worked at Winnebago Industries for eight years, and then became an assembler at IMT in Garner, where he was employed at his death.

Ben had made his home and family in Garner, Iowa. He dearly loved making a home with Crystal and her son, Collin. The time that Collin spent with Ben was precious. Ben taught Collin to ride an electric dirt bike. Ben's family is looking forward to the birth of a baby girl, RayAnn Lee, in the coming weeks.

Ben was such an amazing person, son, brother, fiance', soon-to-be father, Collin's best buddy, grandchild, cousin and friend; and the list goes on. He left an impression on everyone he met. Ben loved life and lived it to the fullest. He loved his parents so much. Ben loved working on things with his Dad and eating his Mom's good foods and desserts.

Ben was an avid auto-cross and motor-cross fan. And, he dearly loved participating in anything that allowed him to move fast. Ben loved riding motorcycles, racing his GTO, his dogs, watching movies, working on his job and whatever else needed to be fixed.

Ben is survived by his parents, Kenneth and Kelly of Meservey; sister, April Reynolds and husband, Alan, and daughter, Phoenix, Tinker AFB, OK; beloved fiancée, Crystal Marciniak, and her son, Collin; maternal grandparents, Harlan and Judy Buseman of Meservey; many aunts and uncles, Mickey Buseman, Piedmont, Oklahoma, Shelly Schultz, Clear Lake, IA, Marty and Kristen Buseman, Garner, IA, Barb Hanson, Urbandale, IA, Doug and Marla Hanson, Goodell, IA, Donna and Robert Roe, Clive, IA, Roger and Kay Hanson, Klemme, IA; as well as numerous cousins and great-aunts and great-uncles.

Ben is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Larry and Eva Hanson; Crystal's daughter, Abbigale; aunt and uncle, Ed and Laura Shafer; and his cousin, Jeremy Hanson; as well as his great-grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, the family wishes memorials be made to the RayAnn Lee Memorial Fund at Northwest Bank in Belmond.

Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South, Belmond.