Mona Loreen Hanson

HANSON — Mona Loreen (Groom), 84; born June 28, 1932, Peagram, Idaho; died July 23, 2016, Rush Center, Kan. Surviving: son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Marion Hanson, Eagle Point, Ore.; daughter, Susan Scherencel, Rush Center; brother, Ralph Groom, Nampa, Idaho; 9 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren and a step-great-great-grandchild.

Mona Loreen Groom's parents were Harriet Rever Groom and Floyd Wallace Groom. Her father was a farmer and mother worked at home. She was the oldest of six children, which included four brothers and one sister.

Her grandmother, on her mother's side, was a Seventh-day Adventist. She graduated from Gem State Academy, in Caldwell, Idaho. Mona married Willis Hanson in April 1951 and had a son, Robert, and a daughter, Susan.

Mona went to nursing school in the 60s and became an LPN, where she worked at Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital for 35 years. Willis died in January 2001. Mona lived in Central Point until 2012, when she moved to live with her daughter. She loved gardening and flowers. Her hobbies included sewing, knitting, crocheting and ceramics. Mona was liked and loved by everyone. She was a wonderful mother and tremendously loved by her family. She will be missed, but we are confident in the knowledge we will see her again on resurrection day.