{"id":30898,"date":"2026-02-17T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=30898"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:25:58","slug":"barbara-ann-hanson-91-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/30898-barbara-ann-hanson-91-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Ann Hanson (91) of Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Barbara Ann Hanson, age 91, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 10:20 PM \u2013 Monday, February 16, 2026, at Helia Healthcare of Newton.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM \u2013 Saturday, February 21, 2026, at the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton, Illinois, with Reverend Amy Jeffries officiating. In loving memory of Barbara, memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church or Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospice and can be mailed to the family at 18 Gregory Drive, Newton, Illinois 62448. Arrangements are under the care of Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois. The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara was born on May 10, 1934, in Newton, Illinois, the son of Earl and Blanche (Tabb) Wilson. She married Vernon Eugene Hanson on October 1, 1955, and he preceded her in death on July 21, 2010. Barbara graduated from Newton Community High School with the Class of 1952. Following high school, she attended beauty school and for many years she owned Barbara\u2019s Beauty Shop. Barbara was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who knew her as GG. Grandma GG loved and treasured the time spent attending tea parties with her great grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara is survived by: Children &#8211; Earlene (Steve) Rubsam of Newton, Illinois; Gary (June) Hanson of Lake Lure, North Carolina and Donna J. (Chris) Keller of West Liberty, Illinois Grandchildren \u2013 Rachel (Quinton) Dodd, Sarah (Jordan) Venema, Jill Hanson, Blake (Dana) Hanson, Dr. Eric (Dr. Alivia) Dallman, Rebecca Dallman, Hillary (Tyler) Rhodes and Ethan Keller (fianc\u00e9 Zoe Diamond) Great Grandchildren \u2013 Finley Venema, Jamie Hanson, Molly Hanson, Hadley Rhodes, William Keller, Rosslyn Schafer and Evelyn Schafer; Sister \u2013 Carolyn Dickey of Savoy, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister Nellie Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara died on Monday, February 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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