Shellie Rene (Gaulke) Hansen, 61, of Woonsocket for the last two years, passed away suddenly in Sioux Falls due to complications with ongoing health issues.
Cremation has taken place, and funeral services are not planned at his time.
Shellie was born to Richard and Marge (Wittstruck) Gaulke in Mitchell, where she was raised with four siblings.
On Dec. 3, 1976, she met Douglas Hansen, and they spent 38 years raising children and traveling all over the countryside to various ranch jobs. Shellie was mostly a homemaker, but also worked outside the home as a dietary aide in a nursing home/assisted living or in the kitchen of a hotel. She loved putting puzzles together, going to garage sales and gardening.
The last few years of her life were very hard for her and kept her from enjoying the things she loved. Shellie was very strong-willed, which she passed along to all her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, Douglas Hansen; one daughter, Christy Fleming of Billings, Mont.; two sons, Chad Hansen of Helena, Mont., and Andy (Ravin) Hansen of Billings, Mont; four grandsons; two granddaughters; a sister; two brothers; and numerous brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Shellie was preceded in death by her mother; sister; mother-in-law and father-in-law.