Robert Lee Hanson

1952 - 1978  (25 years)

• Name	Robert Lee Hanson
  Birth	15 Nov 1952	Westminster, Carroll Co., MD   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 May 1978	Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: drowning, boating accident
  Burial	31 May 1978	Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Carroll Co., MD   [3]
  Person ID	I51283	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Harding Oakley Hanson,   b. 24 May 1920, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 25 Mar 1992, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Gladys Miller,   b. 30 Sep 1926, Carroll Co., MD d. 1 Oct 1974, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1946	Westminster, Carroll Co., MD   [4]
  	The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, Monday, 18 Mar 1946, p. 6, col. 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/520648216/ MARYLAND WEDDINGS HANSON-MILLER Harding O. Hanson and Mary Gladys Miller, both of Westminster, were united in marriage Saturday evening in the parsonage of the Westminster Methodist church. The pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lowell S. Ensor, performed the ceremony. The mother and friends of the bride witnessed the ceremony.
  Family ID	F18038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, Saturday, 27 May 1978, p. C1, col. 7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun/172156457/ Searchers Find 2 Drowned Men HAGERSTOWN (AP) - Searchers have recovered the bodies of two men, who were spilled into the rain-swollen Potomac River during separate boating accidents last weekend, authorities said. Maryland State Police identified the victims as Thomas Lewis, 35, of Silver Spring, and Robert Lee Hanson, 24, of Falling Waters, W. Va. Lewis disappeared last Saturday when the canoe he was in overturned near Hancock, Md.. during a Boy, Scout outing, authorities. Lewis was a volunteer on the canoeing expedition. His body was recovered Friday afternoon about two miles from where the canoe capsized. In the second accident, Hanson and two other men were dumped into the river when their flat-bottomed fishing boat capsized last Saturday, authorities said. One man swam to shore, while Hanson and the other man disappeared. Hanson's body was found about four miles from where the boat overturned. Carroll County Times, Westminster, MD, Tuesday, 30 May 1978, p. 3, col. 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/carroll-county-times-obituary-for-robert/172156036/ Obituaries ROBERT L. HANSON The funeral for Robert L. Hanson of Falling Waters, W. Va., formerly of Westminster, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Pritts Funeral Home, formerly Myers-Pritts, Willis Street and Longwell Avenue, Westminster. Hanson died May 20 as the result of a boating accident in Hagerstown. Born in Maryland, he was the son of Harding Hanson of Westminster and the late Mary Miller Hanson. Surviving, in addition to his father, are three sisters, Dolores Blizzard and Diana Blizzard, both of Westminster, and Mary McKenny of Frederick; and four brothers, David, Julian, Phillip and Stanley Hanson, all of Westminster. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from noon until time of the services. Burial will be in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1652] Social Security Administration, SSDI, (Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), entry for Robert Hanson, 1978, SS no. 215-64-1935, accessed 11 May 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1790] Social Security Administration, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2015)), entry for Robert Lee Hanson, 1978, SS no. 215-64-1935, accessed 11 May 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S2366] Maryland. Westminster., Carroll County Times, "Obituaries," 30 May 1978, p. 3, col. 8; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 11 May 2025). (Reliability: 3). [S2361] Pennsylvania. Hanover., The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA, "MARYLAND WEDDINGS," 18 Mar 1946, p. 6, col. 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 May 2025). (Reliability: 3).