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Patrick Joseph Hansen

October 13, 1948 - September 11, 2016

Pat Hansen loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend passed away peacefully at his home in Downey, California on Sunday morning, September 11, 2016, surrounded with love after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer.


Born in Fresno, California and raised in Pomona, California, Pat graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in physical therapy. Upon graduating he moved to Downey, California and worked for twenty years at Downey Community Hospital as Department Head of the Physical Therapy Department. He opened a successful private physical therapy practice, Downey Physical Therapy Services, Inc., which he owned and operated until 1998. He loved all kinds sports but especially baseball and football and was an avid collector of memorabilia. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Diana (Johnston) Hansen and two sons, Shawn Patrick Hansen and Connor Joseph Hansen. In honor of our beloved Pat Hansen, an educational scholarship has been established and donations can be made to St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California.