Warren Lee Hansen

Warren Lee Hansen (Bud) passed away Aug. 4, 2016 at the age of 90, due to injuries sustained from a car accident, outside Moses Lake, Wash.

Warren was born March 4, 1926 in Redding, Calif. After graduating from Shasta High School in Redding, Warren was drafted into the Navy and he served as a signalman on the USS Oakland from 1944-46. After the war he enrolled at Stanford University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1952 in Humanities, Science and History.

He worked in Redding for a short time after the war and moved to Arizona for a brief time. He preferred working outside and in the mid-1950s saw an advertisement for inexpensive land for sale in the Columbia Basin Project in eastern Washington.

He soon moved to Othello, Wash. and purchased land to begin his love affair with growing alfalfa, hay and whatever else his acreage would grow. In 1966 he started harrow bedding for hire as well. He worked right up until 2001, working his property and harrow bedding.

Warren was an avid reader, and he loved playing his music. He played numerous musical instruments, too long to list, but his favorite was the banjo. He enjoyed playing with various musicians at local establishments.

Warren also snow skied into his 70s. He often joined family and friends for ski trips to many ski areas around the western U.S.

Warren never married. He was preceded in death by his oldest sister, Eva Lucille Ansley of Lake Oswego, Ore., his niece Marsha June Farrington of Tacoma, Wash. and his nephew John Ansley Jr. of St. Louis, Mo. He is survived by his youngest sister, Emily June Sauer of Redding, Calif.; nieces Melanie Naturale of Sacramento, Calif., Michele Cram of Redding, Calif. and Nancy Jo Andring of White Salmon, Wash.; and nephews Greg Ansley of Portland, Ore and Michael Warren Sauer of Redding, Calif.

A celebration of life will be held at Moses Lake Senior Center, 602 E Third Avenue, Moses Lake, Wash., where Warren often played music, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 at 2 p.m.