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Steven Einar Hanson

1959 - 2025

Steven Einar Hanson obituary, 1959-2025, Fort Madison, IA

BORN

1959

DIED

2025

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King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory

3507 Avenue L

Fort Madison, Iowa

Steven Hanson Obituary

Steven Einar Hanson, 66, of Fort Madison, passed away at 12:52 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

He was born on Jan. 24, 1959 in Rockford, Ill. to Roy and Maybelle Pingel Hanson. He married Mary Burchett and she preceded him in death on Sept. 17, 2021. He enjoyed playing his guitar, shooting pool, building models and working on cars.

Steve is survived by a daughter, Katie Wolfram of Wisconsin; a granddaughter, Maggie May Wolfram of Wisconsin; a sister, Royce King of Fort Madison, and a brother, Douglas (Thomas Staples) Hanson of Cochran, Ga. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

Cremation has been entrusted to the care of King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory. A private family burial will be held at a later date in Oakland Cemetery in Fort Madison. Online condolences to the Hanson family may be left at the King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory website: www.kinglynk.com.

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Published by Daily Democrat from Oct. 13 to Oct. 14, 2025.

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