Edna Hanrahan

Mrs. Edna Florence Rose Hanrahan passed peacefully to her eternal reward at her Bismarck home on Tuesday morning. Services will be held at 11:30 am Friday at Eastgate Funeral Service Chapel, Bismarck, with Rev. Ed Wehner officiating. Burial will be held in Cedar Rapids, IA. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Born and raised in Bismarck and a 1945 graduate of St. Mary’s High, the former Edna Rose was the third of three children born to Edgar and Nell Rose. Her sweet parents, her older brother attorney Ed Rose, Ed’s lovely wife Marilyn Rose, her brother-in-law Leonard Gustafson, her husband Don Hanrahan, and her daughter Patricia Hanrahan preceeded her in death. Her big sister Elizabeth Rose Gustafson survives and is a resident of Missouri Slope. Mrs. Hanrahan earned a BS in Nursing at Creighton University. She met and married Donald J. Hanrahan, originally of Fort Dodge, Iowa, while living and working in Denver, Colorado after the War. Don and Edna moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1957 where they raised six children, five surviving. Mrs. Hanrahan also had 13 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Hanrahan returned to her hometown of Bismarck in 1988 after the death of her beloved husband Don in 1985. After being widowed, Mrs. Hanrahan enjoyed playing bridge and travelling, especially to Ireland, home of her ancestors; she also loved spending her summers at her lake home in Delhi, Iowa. Survivors include oldest son Mark and Diane Hanrahan of Cedar Rapids and San Antonio, Texas, Ann Dorr Hanrahan of Cedar Rapids, and five sons Colin, Ryan, Sean, Brandon, and Keaton, all of Cedar Rapids. Second son Michael and Linda Hanrahan reside in Newport Beach, California with sons Brian Austin, Tx and Brett and daughters Brooke and Brittany. Third son Don and his wife Teresa Hanrahan reside in Austin, Texas with their children Sarah and Matthew. Daughter Coleen Hanrahan resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with daughter Sahar and son Rakhshan. And the youngest child, Carol Hanrahan Hoff and her husband David Hoff reside in Valrico, Florida with daughters Kate and Olivia.

Edna Hanrahan

January 24, 1927 - April 6, 2010