Claudette Hanson
June 20, 1937 – November 6, 2022
Claudette Hanson: dedicated mother of five, grandmother of 17, great-grandmother of 44 and eternal love of one, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Claudette was born on Father’s Day, June 20, 1937, to Russell Ward & Amy Neilson Smith in Cowley, Wyoming. She was just three years old when her loving Mother passed away. Two years later, her father married Margaret Pryde Crowder. The newly married couple and their blended family grew from seven to eleven. Claudette was raised on the small family farm in Cowley learning invaluable lifelong lessons. She attended Cowley schools, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and treasured her growing up years in their small community.
On June 4, 1954, Claudette married Kent Hanson in the Idaho Falls Temple. They were blessed with five children: Cozette Partridge (Rod), Russell Kent, Charles Dan, Gary J and Chris K (Donna). Kent and Claudette celebrated almost 64 years together at the time of his passing on April 19, 2018. read more
