Age 57, Lawton - Services will be 1:00 PM Monday in the Frontier Chapel Center, Fort Sill, with Chaplain (COL) John Alexander, Fort Sill, officiating. Colonel Hanson died Saturday in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. He was born on September 10, 1950 in Wilmington, Delaware to Robert L. "Bob" and Kathryn (Marine) Hanson, Sr. He married Shirley Crosthwait in Olney, Texas on May 13, 1972. He graduated from Texas A&M and was commissioned in the US Army in May of 1972. He qualified Airborne in 1971. He attended the Field Artillery Officer Orientation in 1972, the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course in 1976, the Command General Staff College in 1985 and the Army War College in 1993. He retired in April of 2001 at Fort Sill. He was awarded numerous medals including the Legion of Merit (2nd Award), Meritorious Service Medal (6th Award), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Army Service Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, and the Overseas Service Ribbon (3rd Award). Following his Army career, he remained working at Fort Sill as the Director of Resource Management. He was a loving husband, wonderful father, special Poppa, avid golfer and friend Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Cassy Reeves and her husband, Phillip, of Huntsville, Alabama, and Kayla Hanson and her fiancé, Tim Wilson, of Lawton; two grandchildren, Abby and Kate Reeves; his father, Robert L. "Bob" Hanson, Sr. of Wilmington, Delaware; a sister and brother-in-law, Kathi Minor and Jack of Augusta, Georgia; and numerous other family and friends. His mother preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Armed Services YMCA, 201 SW 4th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501, the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75231, or to the American Red Cross – Lawton/Fort Sill Chapter, 401 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.