Richard Allen Hanson

1946 - 1963  (17 years)

• Name	Richard Allen Hanson
  Birth	21 Jan 1946	MD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Aug 1963	Westminster, Carroll Co., MD   [2]
  Burial	21 Aug 1963	Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, Carroll Co., MD   [2]
  Person ID	I51288	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Clarence Walker Hanson,   b. 9 May 1922, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 9 May 1985, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Agnes Ruth Miller,   b. 6 Jun 1921, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD d. 19 Jun 1994, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F18045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, Monday, 19 Aug 1963, p. M-1, col. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/521227413/ Hit By Auto, Boy, 17, Dies WESTMINSTER - Richard Allen Hansen, 17, son of Clarence W. and Agnes Miller Hanson, 70 South Church Street, Westminster, died at 12:15 a.m. yesterday at the Carroll County General Hospital, Westminster, following an accident at 9:50 p.m. Saturday on Route 140 opposite Munch's Drive-In restaurant. According to Sgt. John Worgan, Westminster Barracks, the investigating officer, Hansen was walking along with the traffic on Route 140 and was struck by an automobile operated by Euclid Howard Jones, 29, of 3809 Arbutus Avenue, Baltimore, who was traveling east 140 in slow lane traffic. Dr. Charles L. Petty, Baltimore, assistant medical examiner, attributed death to multiple internal injuries after an autspsy at the Baltimore City Morgue. Surviving besides his parents one sister, Patricia L.; two brothers, Charles T. and C. Edward at home, his paternal grandfather, Charles W. Hansen, Silver Run, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Riffe, Westminster. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Meyers funeral home, Westminster, with the Rev. Phillip J. Kemper, pastor of Westminster Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg. Friends may call at the funeral home from this evening until the time of services. The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, Monday, 22 Aug 1963, p. M-2, col. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-obituary-for-richard-all/172196557/ Maryland Burials RICHARD A. HANSEN Funeral services for Richard Allen Hansen, 17-year-old son of Clarence W. and Agnes Miller Hansen, 70 South Church Street, Westminster, were held yesterday morning at the Myers funeral home, Westminster. The Rev. Philip J. Kemper, pastor of Westminster Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg. Pallbearers were James, Harold, Robert and Harlan Martin, David Hansen and Milburn Hughes. The youth died Sunday morning at the Carroll County General Hospital, Westminster, from injuries sustained the night before when he was struck by an automobile on Route 140.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1241] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, ((http://www.findagrave.com/)), accessed 11 May 2025), Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99402571/richard_allen-hanson: accessed May 11, 2025), memorial page for Richard Allen Hanson (21 Jan 1946–18 Aug 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99402571, citing Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by hawkeye jr. (contributor 48089636); citing Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by hawkeye jr. (contributor 48089636). (Reliability: 3). [S2361] Pennsylvania. Hanover., The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, "Hit By Auto, Boy, 17, Dies," 19 Aug 1963, p. M-1, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 May 2025). (Reliability: 3).