Roger Hansen, 89, passed away at Elizabeth House on Monday, July 29, 2024. Born December of 1934 to Oluf and Marjorie Hansen, he always believed in service to others.
He married Marian Petersen in 1962 and raised two loving children, Keith Hansen of Marietta, GA and Karen Landen of Greenville, SC. Roger graduated from Lehigh University in 1956 and Indiana University with a Masters in Banking. He was drafted by the Army and served at White Sands Missile Range. He worked for IBM corp. in Newark, NJ. and NYC. The family moved to Clearwater where he worked for General Telephone and then to Decatur, GA where he was the Chief Financial Officer for Decatur Federal Savings and Loan. He finished his career as a Stock Broker for Invest Corp.
Roger was grateful to the YMCA for the direction it provided him in his youth and because of that he became Treasurer of the Atlanta YMCA for many years. He was Chairman of the Board of the Decatur – DeKalb YMCA and then chosen as Man of the Year. Roger was president of the Atlanta chapter of Financial Executive Institute in 1988-89. He was Treasurer of Eastminster Presbyterian Church for five years and then his favorite position was coaching church basketball for both boys and girls.
He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Marian; his brother, Oluf M Hansen, Montville, NJ.; his son, Keith Hansen and his wife Sarah; his daughter, Karen Landen and her husband Chad. He was very proud of his grandchildren Karl Hansen, recent graduate of UGA., Stella Hansen, soon to graduate from GA Tech., and Anna Landen recent graduate of UNC.
Jackson Funeral Service is honored to serve the Hansen Family.