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David Hanson Obituary
David Paul Hanson was born on September 4, 1963 in Akron, Ohio to James Richard and Jessie Ellen Boulter Hanson. He was raised in Akron and graduated from North High School and began his work as a landscape gardner.
In 1988 he moved to California to live with his Uncle Larry. It was there he met Sandy Maxwell in 1989. 5 years later their daughter Cydny was born on Thanksgiving day 1994. The moved here to Idaho in 2007.
Dave left this world on February 24, 2026 due to cancer. He was 62 years old.
He leaves behind his wife Sandy, his daughter Cydny (Brandon) and 2 grandchildren, Daemian and Emma Rae, Son Thomas (Teresa) and sisters Pam and Sarah.
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