Br. Bertrand Hanf Sds

Age 85. Died Nov. 13, 2015, at Alexian Village in Milwaukee. Brother Bertrand (birth name: John Roger) was born Nov. 11, 1930, to Franklin and Lillian Hanf in Stewartville, MN. He joined the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) in 1953, and he worked as a farmer, builder, and mechanic in several schools and parishes in New Jersey, Alabama, and Wisconsin. He also spent fourteen years working in the missions in Tanzania, East Africa. Br. Bert was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers: Raymond, Francis, Leo, Joseph, and William Hanf; his sisters: Helen (Roger) Majerus, Therese (Eugene) Nicklay, Dorothy (Dilman) Christie, Rose (Paul) Bowe, Mary Hanf, and Beatrice (Donald) Green. He is survived by one brother, Thomas Hanf of Bloomington, MN, many nephews and nieces, and his brothers and sisters in the Salvatorian Family. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday, Nov. 19, 11am at The Chapel of Alexian Village, 9301 N. 76th St. Visitation Thursday at the Chapel from 10am until time of Mass. Burial Thursday, 3:15 pm at Salvatorian Cemetery in St. Nazianz, WI.