Paris/Grace: "The more we get together, the happier are we..." Velma Caroline Lewis Hansen, age 92; believed and lived the words to that song. Velma was born in Paris, Idaho on September 16, 1919 to Franklin Ralph Lewis and Martha Lucy Kaufman. Velma loved music. As a child and young adult, her activities centered around the clarinet, violin, piano and her melodic second soprano voice. She was a chorister in many of her church and community programs, including the Singing Mothers. She sang in a quartet and trio all over the Bear Lake Valley for many years as well as an acapella group, the Chordbusters in her later years. Velma met her future husband, Willard H. Hansen of Pickleville, Utah when she was 17 and cooking for the 'hands' in the hay fields in the Paris Bottoms. Four days after she turned 20 they were married and sealed for time and for eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on September 20, 1939. They were to have been married four days before her birthday but had to postpone the marriage eight days because she had tonsillitis. Just a few months before her marriage, she and Irene Spencer Wyler started the Paris Ladies Sewing Club. This club existed over 65 years. Velma joined the DUP in 1978 and was captain several times. She loved this organization. She was also a member of the Paris Literary Club. Velma worked s Deputy County Clerk from 1965-1976. She was also a member of the Business Professional Women organization and served a term as President. In January 1986, Velma lost her sweetheart to causes related to Alzheimer's disease. In October of 1986, Velma accepted a mission call to Anaheim, California where she served 18 months. This was a highlight of her life. Later she served several years as a temple worker in the Logan, Utah Temple. Velma loved to fish, camp, garden, quilt crochet, sew and travel. Family camping and Christmas gatherings have gone on for over forty years now. She traveled to Hawaii, the Holy Land, Greece, Crete, Turkey, Switzerland, France, Austria and all over the Western States. Velma was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day Saints. She loved and lived the Gospel. She always loved each of her family members unconditionally. Velma is survived by her five children: Merlyn (Lloyd, deceased) Painter of Grace, ID; Richard (LaRae) Hansen of Pocatello, ID; Maxine (Lonnie) Taggart of Grace, ID; Reed (Raylene) Hansen of Montpelier, ID; Jane (Douglas) DeSpain of Logan, UT. She has 24 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister Jean Dickson of Salt Lake City, UT as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Grant, son-in-law and grandson. The family would like to thank the kitchen, Housekeeping and medical staff at the Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility for their care and love of 'Mom" and the rest of us as we waited for Mom to move on and find her departed ones. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at Noon in the Paris Ward Church, Paris, Idaho with the family meeting friends and family before the services from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and also Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sims Funeral Home in Soda Springs. The interment will be in the Paris Cemetery following the services. Yes, grandma ... the happier we will all be when we see you and grandpa again! Listen to service: