Charles Alvin Hanson, M.D., founder of the Hanson Clinic and dedicated orthopedic surgeon for 52 years, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the age of 85 at his home in Beulah, Colorado.
Dr. Hanson earned his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, in 1964. He completed his internship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, between July 1964 and June 1965 and his residency also at Henry Ford between September 1967 and January 1969.
He stayed at Henry Ford for his orthopedic residency which he completed between January 1969 and July 1972. During that same time period, Dr. Hansen also served as research investigator for the Orthopedic and Rheumatology Research Laboratories at Henry Ford.
Once his medical training was finished, he moved to Pueblo, Colorado, to start his practice. He served patients at Southern Colorado Clinic, Parkview Medical Center, St. Mary Corwin Medical Center, and Park West Surgery Center.
Dr. Hansen also founded the Southern Colorado Health Plan in September 1985 and served in many different capacities until 1994. Charles Hanson was born on July 16, 1938, to Alvin and Elizabeth Hanson in BelleCenter, Ohio. They owned a dairy farm on which he and his two sisters grew up.
He graduated from high school at the Belle Center Local Schools in 1956 then went on to complete his bachelor’s degree from Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, in 1960. From July 1965 to July 1967, Hanson served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He is survived by his wife Marsha Flowers; his children, Holly Hanson and Greta Hanson Maurer and his bonus children Brandice Eslinger, Colin Flowers, Brock Flowers and Derek Javin, William, Dylan, Jett, Carter, Chloe, Myla, and Maxton. He also leaves behind his sisters Dorothy McKenzie and Margaret Koop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alvin and Elizabeth Hanson; his wife Diane Hanson; and his son, Eric Hanson.
