Mary Alice Hansen

Mary Alice Hansen, 84, of Erie, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025, at UPMC Hamot Hospital.

She was born in Erie, PA, October 11, 1940, the daughter of the late John E. and Mary Jane Hollen Prettyman.

In 1958, she graduated from McDowell High School and then attended Slippery Rock State College. She worked at PNC Bank for 20 years. Mary Alice was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, where she married the love of her life, Harold "Andy" Hansen in February of 1974. Mary was very faithful to God. She and Andy spent many hours volunteering at the church including ushering for many services. She loved her family; she and Andy helped raise their niece, Suzanne. Mary Alice loved spending time with her nephews, Andrew and Peter, whom she called her “grandchildren.” She loved the beach, especially sitting in the beach chairs watching the sunset with her two besties, Charlene and Brenda.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John F. Prettyman in 1999.

She is survived by her husband of over 50 years, Harold “Andy" Hansen of Erie, PA; two sisters: Kathleen Tennison, of Tampa, FL and Julie Prettyman Callahan and her husband, Sonny, of Cleveland, OH and Wildwood, FL; two nieces: Suzanne DiFurio and her husband Gabriel of Baltimore, MD and their children, Andrew and Peter DiFurio; and Lisa Voshell and her husband Robert of Elizabethtown, KY and their children, Shane and Sierra Voshell; her nephew, Eric and family of Florida. She is further survived by several great nephews and a great niece.

Arrangements are entrusted to Burton Quinn-Scott Cremation and Funeral Services, Inc., West Ridge, 3801 W. 26th St., Erie. Inurnment will take place in Whispering Pines Cremation Garden at a later date.

Memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church,4703 W. Ridge Rd. Erie, PA 16506.