SYNTHIA "CINDY" SUE HANSON

Synthia "Cindy" Sue Hanson, age 83 of rural Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Unity Point Healthcare in Sioux City, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA. Father Dan Rupp will officiate. Burial will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee, IA. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

Synthia "Cindy" Sue Hanson, the daughter of Glen and LaVonne Sanders, was born April 20, 1942, in Storm Lake, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Newell, IA, where she attended school and graduated from Newell High School.

On February 14, 1960, Cindy was united in marriage to Fred Koth, Jr. in Hanover, IA. To this union they were blessed with one son, Jay. They resided in Cherokee, IA, where she worked as a nurse aide at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute for a couple of years. She later worked from home helping to care for their son. Following the death of Fred, she was married to Lawrence A. Hanson in Cherokee, IA. They lived on the family farm north of Cherokee.

Cindy loved the farm life where she would tend to sheep and calves. She also was an avid gardener and cook. She always looked forward to spending the cold winters in Arizona with Lawrence A. Most of all, Cindy cherished the time spent with her family and friends.

On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Cindy passed away at Unity Point St. Lukes in Sioux City, IA, at the age of 83. She was preceded in death by her parents, Glen and LaVonne Sanders; her first husband, Fred Koth, Jr., and two step-sons, Clay Hanson and Jamie Hanson.

She will lovingly be remembered by her husband, Lawrence A. Hanson of Cherokee, IA; her son, Jay (Harlie) Koth of Lampe, MO; step-daughter, Kimberly (Ed) Carter of Winchester, OH; siblings, Julie Bangert of Blue Eye, MO, Dale (Kathy) Sanders of Ankeny, IA, and Carol Cox of Sutherland, IA; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.