Virgil and Mildred (Weideman) Hansen
Back, L-R: Rich, Marlys, Bill. Front: Virgil and Mildred
Virgil and Mildred Hansen were married on June
9, 1959, in St. Joseph's Church in Orient,
Faulk County, S.D.
Mildred is the daughter of John and Caroline
Weideman. She attended grade school at St. Mary's of
Zell and
continued her education at Presentation of Aberdeen and
graduated from Orient High School in 1958, which was the
last graduating class of Orient High School. Mildred became
part time flexible clerk at the post office of Orient in June of
1958. She is currently the post master of Orient, receiving
her appointment on Sept. 4, 1982.
Virgil is the son of Halbert and Leah Hansen. He
received his elementary and high school education in
Orient. Virgil
attended Northern State College of Aberdeen, receiving his
B.S. degree in business education in May of 1954.
Following
his graduation from Northern, he taught at the .Orient
High School until 1958, from there he continued
teaching at Faulkton High School in the business education
field until 1966. At that time he was appointed
administrative assistant of the school and continued in that
position until 1977, when he became the
business manager of the Faulkton District.
They have three children:
1. Richard Francis was born
Feb. 11, 1961 in Faulkton. He attended Orient grade
school through the fourth grade,
finishing his grade school education in
Faulkton. Rich graduated from Faulkton High School in
1979, then attended
Northern State College and graduated with
a B.S. degree in education. He began his teaching career in
Hot Springs,
S.D. in 1983. He met Angie Wasko, a nurse at
the Veterans Hospital, and they were married in Hot
Springs. They
have a son, Barry, born June 12, 1985.
2. Marlys Ann was born Nov.
1, 1964 in Faulkton. She attended grade school in Orient through the fourth
grade.
She continued her education in the Faulkton Elementary and graduated
from Faulkton High School in 1983. She
attended Dakota State College in Madison attaining an associative degree
in medical record technology with a
computer background. She is presently working in Iowa.
3. William John was born July 31,
1967 in Ipswich. He attended grade school through the second grade in
Orient, at that time the Orient grade school was closed. Bill graduated
from Faulkton High School in 1986. He is
presently attending Northern State College in Aberdeen.
Virgil, Mildred and family have lived their entire lives in the Orient
community. They are active in community affairs.
For many years they were involved in youth baseball.