Dolores Daurex Marcus Hansen of Estate Anna’s Hope, known to many as “Dee” or “Mother Diva,” died on Feb. 26.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Emile A. Hansen Sr.; sons: Emile Jr. and Earl Hansen; great-grandson, Elvis Hansen Jr.; mother, Madora Poulis; father: Joseph “Harlem Joe” Marcus Sr.; and sisters: Rita Simeon and Shirley Marcus; and brothers: Lewis Simeon, Joseph Jr. and Phillip Marcus.
She is survived by her son, Elvis L. Hansen Sr.; daughters: Emily, Ericka and Ena Hansen, and Evette Hansen-Ambrose; adopted sons: James “Bobo” Bates, Elroy “Bebe” Bates Jr., Dennis “Barrel” Carter and Francis “Frankie” King; adopted daughters: Sandra Rice-Herbert and Coretta Bates; grandchildren: Elvis, Frances, Kimberly, Oneysha, James, Dante Hansen, Akil Emanuel, Shaniece, Troy Jr., Courtney and Aaliyah Ambrose, Shakeel Nelson and Jamal James; great-grandchildren: Ava Hansen, Dante Hansen Jr. and Nevaeh Aponte; sisters: Marilyn Donawa and former Senator Alicia “Chucky” Hansen; adopted sisters: Angelita Encarnacion, Ada Williams and Maria Tangiane Encarnacion; and brothers: Lorne “Chunky” and Wade ”Tex” Harrigan, Kenneth ”Chubby” and Enrique ”Pinky” Williams.
She is also survived by nieces: former Senator Norma Pickard-Samuel, Donna and Myrna Pickard, Lerena Donawa, Nicole, Kava, Kenyatta Marcus, Shelbourne Simeon, Rachel Sealey, Latoya Tonge, Chantel Harrigan, Roslynn Daniel, Tricia and Knatasha Harrigan, Kenya, Natasha and Akeena Williams and Elizabeth Hansen Watley, Violet Ebbesen, Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd, Deletta Ebbesen, Michelle and Maureen Hansen, Myrna Wilkens and Melba Hansen.
More survivors include her nephews: Clarence Jr. and Alfred Donawa Sr., Eric, Joseph Jr. and Oscar Marcus, Roy Simeon, Noel Harrigan, Esdel Jr. and Erskin Hansen, Malik, Akeena, Enrique Jr. and Michael Williams, Vincent Ebbesen, Michael Hansen, former Senator Emmett Hansen, Ronald and Roland Plaskett, Leroy and Ludvig Danielson, Terrance and Trevor Fletcher; daughter-in-law, Sarah Hansen; son-in-law, Troy Ambrose Sr.; sisters-in-law: Enid Ebbesen and Ena Fletcher; and brothers-in-law: Clarence Donawa Sr., Eric Hansen and Esdel Hansen Sr.
More survivors are her cousins: Urylee Burke, Anita Nibbs, Ethlyn Brown, Gladwin “DJ Sax” Johnson, George “Mr. H” Harley, Dian, Kenya, Norine, George Knight and family, Florine Osborne, Eleanor Phillips, Rita Jackson, Winston Phillips, Lorraine Nibbs, Patrick Phillips, Marva, Risa, Elizabeth, Mona, Maria Grigg, Renee M. Petersen, Doris P. and Henrique McAlpin, Adams family, Estelleen Andrews, Harman Marcus, Elton and family Marcus, Helen Stanley, Eluise Williams, Orsil “Sweelo” Samuel and Linda Escobar.
Other survivors are family and friends: Suzette Bough James and family, Rose Jacobs, Osborne family, Elroy Heyliger, Kamal Pereira, Dezarea Niles, Wayne Sealey, Jaunita Reobuck, Roebuck Family, Nelly Garcia and family, Jurene Canton, Winifred Canton, Wanda Morris, Fremont Canton, Phyllis Gerard and family, Florette and Pauline Begraff, Edna Thomas, Gloria Waterman, Shermel Browne, Annie Edwards family, Burke family, Alric Emanuel Sr., Barbara Donastorg, Barbara Gibbs, Delino King family, Wilmot Edwards and The Retirees Group, Judge Emile Henderson III, Claude Knight and family, The Anna’s Hope family, CHS Class of 93 family, Elroy Bates Sr., Rudy O’Reilly, former Governor Kenneth Mapp, former Senator Kurt Vialet and family, Senator Kenneth Gittens, former Senator Myron Jackson, Magdalene Gordon, Christian family, Joann Samuel, Harvey family, Bahcelia Joseph, Hillsiders, Pauline Humphrey, Agnes Jeffers, Alda Francis, Agnes Carr and American Legion Post No. 85; as well as more family and friends too numerous to mention.
The viewing will begin at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 16, at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Interment will be at Christiansted Cemetery.
Professional funeral services are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home Inc.
