Jeanette Lois Hardersen

Jeanette Lois Hardersen, 83 of Sioux City, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at a local hospital. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2018 at Calvary Lutheran Church with Reverend James Travis officiating. Abiding by Jeanette’s wishes, cremation will follow, and graveside services, at Memorial Park Cemetery, will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 15th at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel with family present at 6:00 p.m. and a Prayer Service beginning at 7:00 p.m. Online condolences may be offered at www.meyerbroschapels.com Jeanette was born on October 19, 1935 in Dickens, Iowa to Lorin B. and Thelma I. (Brinkley) Lawson. She received her education at the Greenville-Rosse High School in Greenville, Iowa, graduating with the Class of 1953. Jeanette continued her education, moving to Sioux City, and graduated from the St. Joseph School of Nursing with the Class of 1956. She married Adrian W. Hardersen on October 11, 1959 in Greenville, Iowa. She worked as a Registered Nurse at the Marian Health Center, and St. Joseph Hospital for 33 years, and also taught nursing at Western Iowa Tech for four years. After she retired from Mercy, she worked at Siouxland Community Health Center until she fully retired in 1996. Her career as a nurse lasted 40 years during which she saw many changes in health care and formed lifelong friendships that she cherished. Jeanette was a proud member of Calvary Lutheran Church, volunteered at Mercy Hospital and at Queen Of Peace, enjoyed traveling, reading, along with being a member of the Advisory Board for the Siouxland Agency on Aging. She dearly loved her family which were her most important possession and she looked forward most to those times she spent with them. Jeanette is survived by her son Adrian Hardersen Jr. of Courerd’alane, Idaho, daughters Robin Hardersen of Sioux City, and Tammie Hardersen of Omaha; grandson Adrian Hardersen III; sister Jackie (Bill) Peters of Othello Washington; brothers Tim (Edna) Lawson of Greenville, Iowa and Mark (Susan) Lawson of Clarkston, Washington. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents, husband Adrian in 1987, brother Bill, and sister Karen Roberts and niece Angie Lawson. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be directed to her favorite charities.