Carole Lenore Hansen, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Stamford Hospital. She was 86.
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Carole Hansen, 86, passed away on Jan. 30. Her wake will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and her funeral on Feb. 7.
A longtime resident of Darien, Carole was born on Dec, 20, 1937, in Stamford to the late Walter and Eleanor (Whalen) Sandberg.
Carole is survived by her husband, John George Hansen; their daughters: Deena Esteban and husband, Lt. Col. Philip Esteban of Virginia, Donna Santoro and husband, Peter Santoro of Connecticut, and Sheila Rupp and husband, Tom Rupp, of South Carolina; her grandchildren, John and Richard Esteban, Stephen and Laura Santoro, and Alan and Robert Flandreau; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Janet Hansen Flandreau.
A wake will be held from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Ave., Stamford. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at St. Thomas More Church in Darien. Immediately following the Mass, burial will at Fairfield Memorial Park in Stamford.
— an obituary from Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home, where online condolences may be left