Brittney Hansen age 24 of Winner SD passed away peacefully with her parents by her side on Saturday March 7 2020 at her home in Winner, SD after a long battle with cancer.
Memorial service was held on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 10:30 am at the United Methodist Church in Winner, SD.
Burial will follow at a later date.
Brittney Ann Hansen was born to Mike and Dawn (Horan) Hansen June 15 1995. She joined 2 brothers at home who would forever be her protectors.
She grew up on a farm west of Winner, attended school in Winner graduating with honors in 2014, then graduating from MTI in 2016 while fighting stage 4 colon cancer.
Brittney always had a love for the farm and she spent a lot of time with her dad and Grandpa Bob. It was the start of her love for everything Ag. In high school she got a job working at All in One Shop for Frank and Lori Weaver.
What started to be some yard work quickly evolved into working on trucks and this girl could work circles around most. She would come home covered in grease but loved every minute of it.
She also worked for Rick at the Pix Theater,(Rick always said she made popcorn almost as good as he did)
In the summer of 2017 she did her internship at Grossenburg Implement in Philip SD. Bill Manke took her under his wings and taught her so much.
She also enjoyed working with all the employees there paying extra special attention to Bill Kelly seeing who could out prank the other, and Bobbi always new she was up to something by the look on her face.
She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 but still managed to graduate college. She wore many hats in her 24 years, she was a farm girl, a student, a theater employee, and even a bartender.
She had a personality that made everyone feel special and she could master almost everything she tried.
Her first job after college was at the Farmer Rancher Co-op in Ainsworth NE as a sales agronomist, the drive got to be too much so from there she worked at the Country Pride Co-op in Winner where she made some lifelong friends.
And then CHS opened in Winner she was offered a job there. The cancer became more of a factor in her everyday life and she had to quit working and take care of herself.
She had a love for so many things, farm life, golfing hunting fishing reading and friends and family. With family being the most important.
She leaves behind her parents and brothers Jason of Billings, Mont.; Joshua of Pierre SD and her fur baby SJ, Uncle Mark Horan (Cathy) of Mitchell, SD and their daughter Aubree(Jason) of Owatonna, MN Jeff(Jeri) of Rapid City SD Karren(Dylan) of Ree Heights, SD Brad(Denetta) Horan of Rapid City SD and grandmother Beverly Hansen of AZ.
Brittney was preceded in death by her grandmother Delores Hansen that she never met and grandfather Robert Hansen and grandparents Jack and MaryAnn Horan.
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