Will Join Cruise
Robert Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hansen, will leave Manning July 10
for Norfolk, Virginia, where he will embark July 12 on a Naval cruise with
other ROTC cadets from Iowa State College.
Daily Nonpareil, June 26, 1953
Serves on USS Iowa
Serving on the Battleship USS Iowa on a summer midshipman training cruise is
Robert W. Hansen, midshipman third class, the Navy reports. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Hansen of Manning, he is a student at Iowa State College.
Daily Nonpareil, August 9, 1953
On Reserve Cruise
Robert W. Hansen of Iowa State College, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hansen, is
among approximately 700 Naval Reserve midshipmen taking three weeks amphibious
training at the US Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia.
Daily Nonpareil, August 15, 1954
Senior Has Polio
Robert Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hansen, is being treated for
pulmonary polio at his parent's home. He will be a senior at Manning High School this fall.
Daily Nonpareil, August 14, 1951
Navy Ens. Robert W. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Hansen of Manning, has completed training which qualifies him in aviation
gunnery and as a carrier pilot. Hansen is an Iowa State College graduate.
Daily Nonpareil, October 1, 1957
Robert W. Hansen To Wed Missourian
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Steger of Webster Groves, Missouri, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Carolyn Jane, and Robert W. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hansen.
The bride-elect was graduated from Webster Groves High School and will receive
her B.S. degree in June from Iowa State College at Ames.
She is affiliated with Pi Beta Phi, social sorority, Mortor
Board, and Phi Upsilon Omicron, Home Economics Education Club.
Mr. Hansen, a ROTC student at Iowa State College, is a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, Knights of St. Patrick, and Gamma Epsilon Sigma,
engineering honorary societies. He is also member of Scabbard and Blade,
national military honorary organization. He also will receive a degree in general engineering in June.
The two will be married following graduation in June.
Daily Nonpareil, March 25, 1956
Ensign Hansen, Classmate, Wednesday
Miss Carolyn Jane Steger of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Ens. Robert William
Hansen of Manning, were married Friday evening in Webster Groves Presbyterian
Church. Both were graduated June 9 from Iowa State College.
The bride is the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Steger of Webster
Groves. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Harry T Scherer in a setting of fern.
pink and white majestic daisies and white delphinium.
Ens. Hansen is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hansen of Manning. His
brother, Jack Hansen of Manning, was an usher, with Larry Herbold of Colfax,
Craig Shirley of Waterloo and Jerry Leader of Richmond Heights, Missouri.
Phillip Zink of Plano, Illinois, was best man.
Five Attendants
The bride was attended by Miss Katherine Jensen as maid of honor, Miss Jane
Montgomery, Miss Jacqueline Jasper, Miss Jane Williams and Mrs. Richard Ehlers.
Swiss embroidered organdy fashioned the bride's gown. A small cap ornamented
with organdy leaf design held her fingertip veil. She carried a cascade of stephanotis and white orchids.
The maid of honor wore frosty blue embroidered organdy dress with sabrina neckline. She carried a colonial bouquet of pink
larkspur and majestic daisies.
Bridesmaids were similarly gowned in petal pink and their flowers were pink daisies and blue delphinium.
Ens. Hansen has received assignment to Memphis, Tennessee. for primary flight
training until September. Then the couple will live at Pensacola, Florida.
Daily Nonpareil, June 25, 1956