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as a printer for 14 years at the Catholic Daily Tribune in Dubuque. He was later
employed as a maintenance technician at the Savanna Army Depot for 30 years. He
lived in Savanna and Hanover for many years before he retired to Lake Wales, Florida.
His wife Estelle died in Lake Wales in 1982. He later married Marie N. Gruber on
December 23, 1993 in Lake Wales and she died May 11, 2002. Ralph died June 14,
2005 in Florida and is buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Dubuque.
Jinks, Berneice (Harkness) was born in about 1899. She graduated from Hanover
High School in 1917. In 1930 Berneice was living in Ridgeway, Missouri and was
married to a Mr. Jinks.
Jobe, Earl Kenneth was born July 15, 1912 in Hanover and was the son of Charles
Harry and Mable (Sanderson) Jobe. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1929
and attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Earl married Minerva Lucretia
Chapman on December 19, 1930 in Rock Island, Illinois. He was a World War II U.S.
Navy Veteran. Earl was a cost accountant at J.I. Case Company in Rockford for seven
years, and was a garage foreman at the Savanna Army Depot for 25 years. He formally
retired in 1977. He also worked in the banking industry for six years, and drove school
bus for the Hanover School District. Earl died November 29, 2001 and is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Jobe, Floyd LeRoy was born September 8, 1908 in Hanover and was the son of Charles
“Harry” and Mabel (Sanderson) Jobe. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1926.
He married Bernice Bright in 1930 in La Crosse, Wisconsin and three children were
born to this union: Alice (Jobe) Whittenburg, Janice (Jobe) Angell, and Donald Jobe.
Floyd was a retired railroad employee and was living in Onalaska, Wisconsin when he
died on June 28, 1982.
Jobe, Minerva Lucretia (Chapman) was born November 28, 1914 in Hanover and was
the daughter of Frank Henry and Grace Johanna (Moyle) Chapman. She graduated from
Hanover High School in 1932. Minerva married Earl Kenneth Jobe on December 19,
1930 in Rock Island, Illinois. She worked at the Savanna Army Depot during and after
World War II. Minerva died February 21, 1997 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Johnsen, Edward G. was born March 5, 1922 in Port Byron, Illinois and was the son of
Edward and Margaret (Hunt) Johnsen. Edward had three sons from his first marriage:
Lawrence Johnsen, Kenneth Johnsen, and Fred Johnsen. He later married Gladys
(Wetter) Petitgout on March 26, 1977 in Hanover and this union gave him two
stepdaughters: Yvonne Margaret (Petitgoue) Campbell and Jeanine Mary (Petitgoue)
Kehl. Edward was a retired farmer, a seed corn dealer for Golden Harvest, and a weight
master at the Elizabeth Sales Barn. Edward died March 11, 1988 and is buried in
Fairfield Cemetery, Port Byron.
Johnsen, Gladys M. (Wetter) Petitgoue was born April 1, 1918 in Lancaster,
Wisconsin and was the daughter of William Henry and Bessie Mae (Leindecker) Wetter.
She graduated from Galena High School in 1935. She married Joseph Petitgoue on June
22, 1935 in Galena and two were born to this union: Yvonne Margaret (Petitgoue)
Campbell and Jeanine Mary (Petitgoue) Kehl. Her husband Joseph died on March 26,
1974, and she later married Edward G. Johnsen on March 26, 1977 in Hanover. This
union gave her three stepsons: Lawrence Johnsen, Kenneth Johnsen, and Fred Johnsen.
Gladys was a Secretary for the Jo Daviess Service Company for 17 years, retiring in
1977. Gladys was living in Janesville, Wisconsin when she died on November 18,