H. L. “Larry” Hanson, 93, of Grand Island died peacefully on Sunday, June 11, 2017. Celebration of life memorial service was held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Gathering of friends and family was from 9:30, until service time. All Faiths Funeral Home is serving the family. Burial of ashes was in Grand Island City Cemetery with military honors provided by the U.S. Air Force and Grand Island Veterans’ Honor Guard. Larry, the son of Almer and Ida (Larson) Hanson was born on Aug. 12, 1923, in Waukon, IA. He grew up on a farm in Northeast Iowa, graduated from Waukon High School and attended North East Iowa Junior College. He took his first job at North American Aviation in California to help construct B24s & P51s. On Sept. 8, 1943, at Camp Dodge, IA, he entered the United States Army Air Corp serving with the 376 RAF Bombardment Group.
