S. Harriet N. Hansen
S. Harriet N. Hansen SALISBURY, NB - Sigrid Harriet Nesby Hansen of Salisbury, N.B. passed away quietly on July 12, 2003 at the Spencer Memorial Home, Moncton after a short but heroic struggle against cancer. Born at Nordrup, Denmark on 13 May 1917, the fifth of nine children of Poul and Johanne (Jensen) Nesby Pedersen. The family emigrated to Canada in 1928 and eventually settled in New Denmark. In 1938, she married Ejner Hansen in northern Ontario and they moved to Saint John the following year, remaining there until relocating to Fredericton in 1956. Harriet was employed as a ward clerk at the Victoria Public and Dr. Everett Chalmers hospitals until her retirement in 1983. Since 1985, she had lived with her son in Salisbury, where she had continued her passion for growing beautiful flowers. She is survived by two sons, Paul Monty of Salisbury, Kurt Ejner and Linda (Squiers) of Quispamsis; a daughterin-law, Elizabeth Ann (Hall) of Riverview; two grandsons, Niels Robert of Riverview, David Alan and Lin (Campbell) of Orleans, ON; one granddaughter, Carolyn Elizabeth and Michael Wright of Anagance; three great-grandchildren, Kristen Elizabeth Hansen and Karl Daniel Hansen Wright and Faith Johanne Wright; an elder brother, Ove Robert Nesby Pedersen of Tripp Settlement; a younger sister, Katie McNally of Aroostook; and numerous nieces and nephews. Harriet was predeceased by her husband, Ejner (1968); two sons, Monty (1948) and Niels Ove (1994); and by her siblings, Eva Bode, Jens Erik, Mary Paula, Poul Henry, Johannes Erling and Ina Agnethe. The Funeral will take place at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New Denmark on Wednesday, July 16 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Kimberlynn McNabb officiating. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. If so desired memorials to a charity of choice would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements are in the care of the Salisbury Funeral Home (372-4800). www.keirsteads.ca


