Grace Hansen

Newport, RI - Grace Hansen, 79, of 26 Calvert Street, Newport, died Saturday, October 22, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Nicholas Hansen. Born in Chickasha, OK on December 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Edmonds Russell.Mrs. Hansen was an avid reader and had enjoyed biclying and Photography over the years. Mrs. Hansen had worked as a young woman in various restaurants in the Newport area as a waitresss and in the former General Electric Plant on Thames Street in Newport.She is survived by her husband Nicholas Hansen of Newport, RI, her brother Harold Edgar Russell of Seal Beach, CA, her sister Dorothy Apricio of Colorado Springs, CO, five nieces Jenny Hansen and Holly Hansen both of Michigan, Denise Yelle of Connecticut, Sandra McChesney of Marion Center, PA, and Pamela Pelletier of Portsmouth, RI, six nephews Nicholas Hansen, Glenn Hansen, and Norman Hansen all of Michigan, Dennis Yelle of Providence, RI, Chester B. Adams Jr. of Westport, MA, and Lee D. Adams of Fall River, MA.She was preceded in death by three brothers Lewis, Owen and Hershel Russell, and a sister Ethel Capps. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 6:00 PM in Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, RI.Relatives and Friends may call at the Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday October 25, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.