![]() ![]() ![]() During that time, she taught medical terminology to ART candidates and served as President of the Wisconsin association for medical records professionals for several years.Įlayne was also a gifted singer and writer. She returned to school and earned her certification as an ART, Accredited Records Technician, and later served as the Director of Medical Records and Quality Control at Divine Savior Hospital until her retirement in 1989. ![]() When both her children were old enough to go to school, Elayne went to work in the medical records department of Divine Savior Hospital. She graduated salutatorian from Taylor High School, and later attended what was then Winona Business College, before working as a legal secretary for the Bogue and Sanderson Law Firm in Portage, WI. They were blessed to spend more than 64 years together and produced two wonderful children, Jonathan Karl “Butch” Hanson and JoEllen Joy Flees. She was baptized and confirmed in the Taylor Lutheran Church, where she also married Artis C. PORTAGE – Elayne “Clipper” Hanson passed into eternal life on Thursday, March 9th, 2023, at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, WI.Įlayne was born in Curran Valley near Taylor, WI, to John and Effie Clipper on June 4th, 1929. ![]()
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