{"id":773,"date":"2012-08-19T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T11:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=773"},"modified":"2012-08-19T05:29:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T11:29:01","slug":"renard-hanson","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/renard-hanson\/","title":{"rendered":"Renard Hanson"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-773","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Renard","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hanson","date_born":"11\/30\/1939","date_died":"2\/20\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Renard Hanson, 71 of Helena, passed away suddenly at his home at the Waterford in Helena on Sunday, February 20, 2011. <\/p>\n<p> He was born November 30, 1939 in Bozeman, Montana to Vernard Harris Hanson and Cathryn Jane Miller Hanson. He lived in Bozeman and Connecticut in his early years and graduated from Bozeman High School in 1959. Soon after that he moved to Helena with his family, lived for a time n Colorado, and then returned to Helena. He worked in housekeeping and maintenance at several Helena facilities before his retirement in 2001. <\/p>\n<p> Renard was an avid follower of Carroll College, Helena High School and Capital High School athletics, and rarely missed a home football or basketball game until his health began to fail a few years ago. He loved the Brewers baseball team, and was a season ticket holder every year. He made trips to Denver, Los Angeles and Chicago for major league baseball games with his good friend, care-giver and travel companion, Bob Schlack. Renard also participated for many years in the Special Olympics. <\/p>\n<p> He was recently awarded his 35-year pin membership from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks #193, and served as Inner Guard. He also enjoyed annual vacations at the family condo at Fairmont Hot Springs. <\/p>\n<p> Renard was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his sister, Christina Figueroa of Palmdale, Calif.; a nephew, Adan (Becky)Figueroa and their sons Gavin, 10 and Logan, 8, of Lancaster, Calif.; a niece, Tania (Jermaine) Dixon of Manvel, Texas; and by cousins in Idaho and Nevada. <\/p>\n<p> Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1225 Knight Street, Helena. The family suggests memorials to Calvary Baptist Church. <\/p>\n<p> Arrangements have been entrusted to Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Condolences may be left by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/321238_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}