Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

November 6, 1981 and they are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Raffone, Iva Carol (Guensler) Jobe was born September 19, 1901 and was the
daughter of Samuel S. and Frances M. (Simons) Guensler. She graduated from Hanover
High School in 1919. Iva married Clay C. Jobe and one known daughter was born to
this union: Delia L. Jobe. They lived in Chicago for a number of years. Iva married
James Anthony Raffone on August 23, 1944 in Chicago. Iva retired to Daytona Beach,
Florida. Iva’s first husband Clay C. Jobe was born November 15, 1894 in California,
Missouri and died in February 1965. Iva’s second husband James Anthony Raffone was
born January 26, 1915 and died in May 1979. Iva died September 18, 1989 in Daytona
Beach.
Raines, John Elliott was born October 2, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina and was
the son of William Preston and Judith B. (Elliott) Raines. John married Miss White on
July 5, 1951 in Edenton, North Carolina and three children were born to this union:
Carolyn (Raines) Adams, John Raines Jr., and Kathryn R. (Raines) Dunn. The couple
divorced on November 19, 1973 in Chowan County, North Carolina. John was living in
Hanover when he died November 23, 1992.
Rall, Iva Belle (Shaw) was born November 13, 1896 in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess
County and was the daughter of Charles Newton and Nona Elizabeth (Ashmore) Shaw.
She married Charles Henry Rall on April 25, 1913 in Dubuque, Iowa and four children
were born to this union: William Charles Rall, Raymond Wallace Rall, Marshall Leroy
Rall, and Doris Belle (Rall) Schaible Goff. Iva died July 7, 1989 and is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Rall, Raymond “Ray” Wallace was born March 23, 1926 in Derinda Township, Jo
Daviess County and was the son of Charles Henry and Iva Belle (Shaw) Rall. He
graduated from Hanover High School in 1944 and graduated from the University of
Illinois in 1951. Ray was a U.S. Army World War II Veteran. He married Elizabeth
“Betty” Pretzer on June 11, 1949 and four children were born to this union: Mary
Elizabeth (Rall) Shaw, Robert David Rall, Lucille Ann (Rall) Uhlig, and Virginia Ellen
(Rall) Chomitz. Ray worked in the oil business many years before they retired to
Littleton, Colorado. Ray died July 20, 2005; he was cremated, a memorial service was
held in Hanover and his ashes were buried in “Rall Woods” in Derinda Township.
Ramey, Sarah M. (Jameson) was born in October 1881 and was the daughter of
Samuel Craig and Fannie Mariah (Felsby) Jameson. She graduated from Hanover
High School in 1899. Sarah was married and living in Newberg, Oregon in 1930.
Ravenscraft, Emma May was born May 14, 1904 in Hanover and was the daughter of
Charles Henry and Mary E. (Goble) Ravenscraft. She graduated from Hanover High
School in 1922. Emma lived most of her life in Hanover, later moved to Galena and
then to Savanna. Emma died December 13, 1990; she was cremated and buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Ravenscraft, Leslie Cutler was born July 18, 1893 in Hanover and was the son of
Albert Joseph and Edith Lucretia (Cutler) Ravenscraft. He grew up and attended school
in Hanover. Leslie married Norma Smith on March 26, 1921 in LaPorte, Indiana.
Leslie died in April 1987 in New Port Richey, Florida.
Rayhorn, Elizabeth J. (Goldhagen) Wand was born August 23, 1912 in rural Hanover
and was the daughter of William “Will” and Catherine Bernzdine (Ambre) Goldhagen.
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