David Leon Hansen

On June 14, 2026, David Leon Hansen finished a long and courageous battle against dementia and moved on to his next calling.  David was born on August 28, 1938, to Edmund Leroy and Norma Haskell Hansen in Payson, Utah. He spent his first years in Hueneme, California, where his father worked in the fruit orchards. His brother, Raymond, was born in Oxnard in 1941. The family moved back to Payson, where his sister, Charlotte, was born in 1943.

He had fond memories of growing up surrounded by family. He loved fishing and hunting with his dad and uncles and picking tomatoes on his Grandpa Haskell’s farm. As a teenager, he worked in the Del Monte cannery. He attended Peteetneet School and graduated from Payson High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He was a good athlete and participated in many other sports throughout his life—tennis, skiing, softball, bowling, golf, running, hiking, “church basketball,” and even umpiring.

In 1959, he married JoAnn Losser, and they were blessed with three wonderful children, Cindy, Mikal, and Elizabeth. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics in 1967 and a master’s degree in public administration in 1976. He worked as a surveyor, draftsman, statistician, and cost analyst in Utah and California. Although he was used to rounding off to the nearest million, he adjusted to managing our checkbook. He taught statistics through BYU Continuing Education and at California State University, San Bernardino.

He married Teresa Sagers in 1978, and they were sealed in the Los Angeles Temple. They are the parents of three awesome children, Jennifer, Sara, and Aren. He has twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, all practically perfect.

David served in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of his favorites being Scouting. He served in the Bountiful and Ogden Temples. He and Teresa served missions in the Kaysville Bishop’s Storehouse and in the Texas Dallas and Utah Salt Lake City Missions, where he was the “Car Czar.” It was a fitting assignment because he always loved cars and took breakdowns, accidents, and speeding tickets in stride. He was particularly fond of his Pontiac Firebird, GTO Judge, and two Camaros. It was a sore trial when he had to stop driving.

He loved the gospel, his family, his friends, mountains, beaches, Snickers, and McDonald’s.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Raymond.

He is survived by his wife; his children, Cindy (Kim) Sorensen, Mikal (Debra) Hansen, Elizabeth Wiseman, Jennifer (William) Galvan, Sara (Jason) Forsberg, and Aren (Kelsey) Hansen; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his sister, Charlotte (Martin) Dodge; his sister-in-law, Virginia Hansen; his brother- and sister-in-law, Robert and Leisa Sagers; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Grandchildren by birth, in-law, and in-heart are Nathan, Lindsay, Aspen, Oliver, Cassidy, Thomas, Ethan, Mae, Sawyer, Landan, Hannah, Harper, Dylan, Abigail, Carter, Calvin, Zachary, Abigail, Conner, Madeline, Alexander, Sophia, Benjamin, Emily, Colton, Kathryn, Fisher, Anicka, Sc, Olivia, Tyler, Liam, Elliot, Harrison, Beatrice, Matilda, Soren, Ayisa, and one arriving soon.

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 22, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Jensen Park Ward Chapel, 3024 South 1200 West, Syracuse, Utah. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Interment will follow in the Grantsville City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the missionary or humanitarian funds of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life."— Russell M. Nelson