Susie H Hansen

Susie Hansen passed away on Sunday January 25th, 2026, at the age of 90.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joe W Hansen who died in 2017, and by her first-born child Geneve Hansen who died in 1952.

Susie is survived by her six children Stewart, Glenn, David, Virginia Mark, and Ann.

Susie was born into a wonderful loving family on May 13th, 1935 to Emerson Stewart Hand and Margaret Nowell Hand. She is preceded in death by four of her sisters Shirley, Karen, Margaret and Lynda. She is survived by her two sisters Christine and Lyle.

She had many beautiful memories and stories growing up with her sisters and her friends as a young girl at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon. She often said it was a wonderful place as a kid except “the sun didn’t shine enough there”, due to the canyons steep vertical walls, there just wasn’t enough sunshine for our Susie. Her sisters continued to be a notable part of her life.

She attended Mount Jordan Junior High and Jordan High School where she met Joe. Susie was a little rebellious and that gave her great character. Determined to marry Joe from the first time they saw each other. Susie was sent to California to separate the two of them but Joe went to find her. His car broke down but he found her.

They married on December 10th, 1951. Joe and Susie lost their first-born daughter Geneve after only 2 days with her. Soon after Joe built a stone house in Granite where they had 4 sons and 1 daughter before buying a home in Sandy, there they had their last daughter. Joe and Susie spent the rest of their lives in the Sandy home.

Susie was an exceptional Grandma who loved her 15 grandchildren and the mothers of her grandchildren had a special place in her heart. She often had grandkids at her house. The grandkids had awesome adventures at the house and playing in the yard. Joe, Charise, Kami, Geneve, Dan, Crystal, Candace, Challis, Jesse, Kate, Joseph, Jake, Matt, Carson and Megan.

Susie worked at Alta View hospital when the hospital lab and clinics first opened in 1982, she later worked at Cottonwood Hospital before retiring after decades of working in the lab. She had many co-workers she valued as friends over the years.

Susie was happiest in the spring when the sun was shining and her tulips were in bloom. She could be found in her yard wearing her gardening gloves pulling weeds, planting flowers, mowing the lawn and working in her garden. If she wasn’t in the yard she was in her kitchen baking. She enjoyed working with her hands and always had a new craft or project. She liked knitting, crocheting, quilting, painting, bottling tomatoes and peaches and making apricot jam from her tree in the yard. In the day she loved playing cards with her childhood friends. She enjoyed Saturday morning yards sales and collected various antiques. She started collecting cookie jars in the 70’s and ended up with over 160 of them over the years. Many were brightly displayed on high shelves in her kitchen She had a great sense of humor and was known for starting water fights even to the point a garden hose was once dragged indoors into the house. One year she decided to march in the Sandy, 4th, of July parade as ‘Woozy’ the clown. She was proper yet she had a very funny side.

Susie lived a life always attentive to the needs of others. She kept busy but she would always make time to start a pot of coffee, make a sandwich for those who stopped by for a visit. Sitting around her oak table with her family and friends drinking coffee was where she was most content in life.

She was a wonderful Mom who was there for us, we could call her anytime of day or night and she would lend an ear. She had a rare ability to love unconditionally and find joy in the small things. Family was everything to Susie and she was everything to each one of us.

Her strong will and strength that kept her going after Joe died. The last couple years were challenging for her but she fought such a brave and valiant fight few of us could. Her kind soul has left a deep path of amazing memories for those who knew her. We will love and miss her everyday.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date with details forthcoming.