Jeanette Ila Hansen, 91, Whitewater passed away on December 24, 2024 at Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek, WI, having lived independently almost all her later life.

Jeanette was born on May 12, 1933 in Whitewater, WI to Alvin and Maybell (Maasz) Cox.  She married Norman Hansen on November 2, 1950 and they were married for 59 years.  Jeanette enjoyed fishing, reading, indoor gardening, collecting dolls, and cooking; and she made many beautiful items with crocheting, knitting, and sewing.  She was generous and seemed to have a good word to say about almost everyone she met. She especially loved decorating and preparing a feast at Christmas time, filling the house with the smell of lots of cookies and other goodies.

Jeanette is preceded in death by her husband, her parents and her two brothers, Dean and Duane “Dewey.”

She is survived by her five sons, Michael of Waukesha, WI; Norman (Gloria) of Fort Wayne, IN; Jeff (Maria) of Phoenix, AZ; Dennis of Whitewater, WI; Steven of Janesville, WI; 14 grandchildren: Norman, David, Jeremy, Elizabeth, Katherine, Michael, Timothy, Deborah, Jonathan, Stephanie, Sophie, Sam, Isabella, and Lucy; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Honorariums may be made to Baptist Mid-Missions, 7749 Webster Rd., PO Box 308011, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130; or to SIM USA, 14830 Choate Circle, Charlotte, NC 28273.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Nitardy Funeral Home, 550 N. Newcomb St., Whitewater, WI. Friends may call on Friday, January 10, 2025 from 10:00 am until the time of the service.  Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater. 

Online condolences may be made at www.nitardyfuneralhome.com