Ellen L. Hanson, age 89, of St. Cloud, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Country Manor in Sartell.

Graveside Services will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Grace Lutheran Cemetery, 17250 - 30th St. NW, South Haven with Rev. Michael Nelson officiating.  Arrangements are entrusted with Dingmann Funeral Care Burial & Cremation Services of Kimball.

Laila Ellen Hanson was born March 4, 1925 in Kingston Township to William and Edla (Savola) Ranta.  She graduated from Kimball High School with the Class of 1944.  Ellen married Herbert Walter Hanson on August 31, 1946 at North Crow River Lutheran Church in rural Cokato.  She worked as a farmer's wife, at KP Manufacturing and as a teller at the State Bank of Kimball. Ellen was a member of Grace Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her many nieces, nephew and other family and friends.  Ellen is preceded in death by her parents William and Edla Ranta; husband Herbert Hanson; brothers Wilho, Arvo, Waino, Leslie and Melvin Ranta; and sisters Mabel Wanhala, Bertha Loop and Verna Crowley.