Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

was a programmer at the Savanna Army Depot for a number of years before she retired.
Marjorie died July 17, 2000 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Reifsteck, Ora Hazel (Limage) was born May 7, 1892 in Hanover and was the
daughter of Edward and Jennie (Strong) Limage. She married Otto Christian Reifsteck
on March 19, 1913 in Dubuque, Iowa and seven children were born to this union: Clyde
Limage Reifsteck, Phyllis Virginia (Reifsteck) Miller, David Richard Reifsteck, Donald
Arthur Reifsteck, Edward Otto Reifsteck, Betty Louisa (Reifsteck) Young Hazer, and
Carl Alden Reifsteck. Ora died September 21, 1980 and is buried in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Reifsteck, Otto Christian was born December 17, 1893 in Hanover and was the son of
Christian and Anna Louise (Hildebrand) Reifsteck. He married Ora Hazel Limage on
March 19, 1913 in Dubuque, Iowa and seven children were born to this union: Clyde
Limage Reifsteck, Phyllis Virginia (Reifsteck) Miller, David Richard Reifsteck, Donald
Arthur Reifsteck, Edward Otto Reifsteck, Betty Louisa (Reifsteck) Young Hazer, and
Carl Alden Reifsteck. Otto was employed as a clerk in the license department for the
state of Illinois before his retirement. Otto died August 27, 1985 and is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Reifsteck, Rosemary (Benzel) Line was born December 24, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois
and was the daughter of August John and Rose Benzel. Rosemary had three children:
Ione Hawks (Line) Mangan, Rial Line, and Phyllis (Line) Norman. She worked at the
Hanover Eaton Corporation before her retirement. Rosemary died November 28, 1988
in Frederick, Maryland and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Reitz, Donald Stephen was born February 8, 1921 in Rodden, Elizabeth Township, Jo
Daviess County and was the son of Stephen and Suzanne (Chapier) Reitz. He lived in
Hanover for many years. Donald died May 11, 1983 and is buried in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Reitz, Earl Louis was born April 20, 1907 in rural Hanover and was the son of George
and Abbie Ellen (Lisk) Reitz. He graduated from Hanover High School in 1925. He
married Lucille F. Dehner on December 31, 1931 in Jackson, Missouri. Earl lived in
Shawnee Mission, Kansas for a number of years. Earl died February 1, 1993.
Reitz, Edmund Peter was born July 15, 1913 in Hanover and was the son of Peter and
Della E. (Gilbert) Reitz. He went to school in rural Hanover. Edmund was a World
War II veteran. He married Dorothy E. Hartwig on October 20, 1936 in Rock Island
and one son was born to this union: Daryl Reitz. The family lived in Hanover until
1959 when they moved to Fulton, staying there until 1992 when they moved to Moline.
Edmund worked for the Savanna Army Depot for 20 years, retiring in 1959. He then
worked for Phillips 66 Company and Art’s Sinclair Service Station, both in Fulton.
Edmund died April 22, 1993 in Moline and is buried in Fulton Cemetery.
Reitz, Ellen Ann (Nielsen) was born May 16, 1949 in Norfolk, Nebraska and was the
daughter of Jens Leo and Betty Katherine (Petersen) Nielsen. The family moved to
Hanover in the spring of 1960. Ellen graduated from Hanover High School in 1967.
She married Denny Reitz and two children were born to this union: Darbie Denise
(Reitz) Petsche and Daren John Reitz. They later divorced. Ellen had lived in Galena
for a number of years where she was the owner of the Galena Title Company. Ellen
died in Galena, on her 61 st birthday, May 16, 2010.
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