Jan Hansen, 72, of Bowman ND, passed away on February 13, 2025 at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Center in Bowman.  Memorial Services for Jan will be held on Monday, March 31, 2025 at 11:00am at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Bowman.  Pastor Ron Wright will officiate with burial to take place in the Bowman Cemetery at a later date.

Jan was born on December 9, 1952, in Missoula, MT.  The daughter of Vernon and Rose (Liska) Woolfolk.  She graduated from Walla Walla High School and Walla Walla Community College.  She then moved to Grand Forks, ND, where she graduated with BS degrees in Sociology and Psychology in 1975.

On July 22, 1973, Jan was united in marriage to Miles Hansen in Walla Walla, WA.  After their marriage they moved to Grand Forks, ND to further their education at UND.  After graduation, they moved to her husband's family farm north of Bowman and eventually bought some land of their own.  Jan worked many years at Folske Dental Office and enjoyed working as clerk/treasure in Sheets School, Slope County. Jan partnered in the farm business with her husband, doing the bookwork and assisting in other farming chores.  Jan was an avid reader and her favorite hobby was working on her family genealogy. She always had a flock of hens and sold eggs throughout the community.  Gardening, canning and growing roses was a yearly activity.

Jan will be deeply missed by her husband, Miles Hansen of Bowman, ND; sister Joyce Pearson; sister and brother-in-law JoAnn (Russ) Ekstrom; brother and sister-in-law Chuck (Lindy) Woolfolk, Carnation, WA; sister-in-law Penny (Marv) Gottfried, Sykeston, ND; brother-in -law Tom (Grace) Hansen; sister-in-law Veronica Hansen, Australia; and many cousins, nieces and nephews;

Jan was preceded in death by her parents, Vernon and Rose (Liska) Woolfolk; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Maurice and Dorothy Hansen; brother-in-law Terry Hansen and brother-in-law David Pearson;

She will always be remembered for keeping in contact with family members, particularly nephews and nieces.