Joan Kathleen Hansen, who served as a columnist for The Clintonville Chronicle and Clintonville Tribune-Gazette, died Wednesday, April 28, at her Shawano County home. She was 76.
Born Nov. 26, 1944, in New London, she was the daughter of Richard and Vera (Gunderson) Conlon and a Clintonville High School graduate.
Joan and Ronald Hansen married Dec. 8, 1962, at Christus Lutheran Church in Clintonville. Together they had three children and five grandchildren.
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Hansen got involved with local media outlets later in life. She wrote columns for the Chronicle and Tribune-Gazette newspapers and had her own radio show on two local radio stations.
Tricia Rose, publisher of the Chronicle, shared her memories of Hansen in a column Tuesday. Rose noted that when starting the newspaper in 2009, she was encouraged by several people to hire Hansen, also known as “Red.”
