Dennis Timmerman Hansen
May 25, 1944 — October 12, 2015
Dennis Hansen
Ephraim, Utah
Dennis Timmerman Hansen passed peacefully from this life October 12, 2015 in Provo. He was born May 25, 1944 in Salt Lake City to Ruth Timmerman and Allan LaMont Hansen, Dennis was a gifted violinist.
He attended Olympus High School, Weber State University, the University of Utah, and served an LDS mission to the west central states. He married Kathleen John, December 15, 1967 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they had three children. He spent 20 years at Snow College, mentoring students and growing an orchestra program with the love and dedication of a true musician. Dennis shared his passion for music as the conductor of Ephraim and Manti Utah’s community orchestras, as they welcomed the Christmas season with Handel’s Messiah for twenty years.
Dennis spent his time teaching others the thing he loved most. He left a legacy of music through the hundreds of private violin and viola students that benefited from his musical abilities.
Survived by his wife, Kathleen John Hansen; children: Melody Hansen Brogdon, Roy; Dustin (Jodi) Hansen, Ephraim, Utah; grandchildren: Madisen (Colby) Ellison, Britton Whitaker, Tanner, Davis, Malorie and Annie Hansen; sister, Karen Anderson.
Preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Cadence Hansen Hiatt.
Funeral services will be held Friday, October 16, 2015 at 11:00 am in the Ephraim Stake Center, 400 East Center, where friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Burial will be in the Ephraim Park Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary of Manti.