Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary

Tim, age 61, passed away on August 13th, 2021 due to complications of COVID-19. He died in his sleep, at his home in Cave Creek, Arizona, which he shared with his long-time girlfriend and best friend Janie Ryan. Tim was born on August 2nd, 1960 at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois to William and Barbara Hayes. He graduated from Lake Mills High School, Wisconsin in 1978, and soon after due to his love for the desert and nature, moved to Arizona, where he would spend his next 43 years of life. When not spending his time in the outdoors, he worked diligently at his learned trade of tile-setting, improving thousands of homes throughout many parts of the United States. Tim was an outstanding...

Carolyn Marie Ross was born December 30, 1946, to Louis Joseph Ross and Lillian Gudren Hansen in St. Paul, Minnesota; she was the youngest of three children, joining two older sisters, Rita and Mary. She spent her early years on the family farm in rural Roberts, Wisconsin. In 1955, the family moved into the family home constructed by her Grandpa Hansen in Hudson, Wisconsin. She attended St. Patrick's School in Hudson and graduated from Hudson High School in 1965. She attended St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1968. Her time at St. Mary's was transformative in ways she could not have dreamed of when she arrived on campus in 1965. She...

Stan Lewis, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2019 in Cave Creek, AZ after a courageous and hard-fought battle with cancer. Stan was born on October 17, 1953 in Fort Campbell, KY to Samuel D. Lewis and Wynell M. Lewis. He was a military "brat" whose experiences living in locations in the US and abroad helped formulate his well-rounded character. Stan graduated from Carlisle High School in Carlisle, PA, in 1971. He went on to graduate from Northern Arizona University in 1976 with a BA in Political Science, where he also met his wife, Joan. After marrying in Phoenix in the summer of 1976, they moved to Malibu, CA while Stan attended law school at...