Theodore Hooven Hansbury

Theodore Hooven Hansbury, Sr., 81, of 49 Walters Road, Swannanoa, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at the VA Medical Center. Mr. Hansbury was born in Brooklyn, NC and was a former resident of NY State and Florida before moving to North Carolina with his wife in 2001. He was a Navy pilot during WW II and was a former concrete engineer. He was a model train enthusiast and enjoyed hunting and gun collecting. He was married to Doreen T. Hansbury, who died in 2003. Surviving are one son, Theodore “Bud” Hansbury, Jr. of Asheville; two daughters, Patricia Zuendt of Delmar, NY and Cathy Flesher of Cape Coral, FL; a brother, Edward Hansbury of Lakehurst, NJ and five grandchildren, Cheryl Flesher, April, Rachel, Jacob and Zachary Hansbury. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by the Very Rev. Wilbur N. Thomas, V.F. at 12:00 noon Friday at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Swannanoa. Interment with military honors provided by the Buncombe County Veterans Council will be at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the VA Medical Center, Attn.: Voluntary Services, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805 (please make checks payable to VAMC, with the memo “Home Base Primary Care”). Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is in charge of the arrangements.