Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

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Stanger, LaVerne B. (Morrison) was born March 7, 1897 in Derinda Township, Jo
Daviess County and was the daughter of Stephen “Steve” and Jemina (Dean) Morrison.
She married Harry J. Stanger on September 30, 1923 in Peoria. They lived in Hanover
for a number of years before moving to Savanna. LaVerne died December 2, 1990 and
is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Stanton, Eugene Albert was born March 21, 1925 in Hanover and was the son of Bert
“Bertie” Martin and Mildred (Sawyer) Stanton. He was a World War II U.S. Navy
Veteran serving from 1943 until 1946. He married Mary Agnes Fleege on June 26,
1954 and three daughters were born to this union: Michelle (Stanton) Pike, Kathleen
Stanton, and Lisa (Stanton) Forsyth. He lived in Galena before moving to Rockford in
1955. He was shop foreman at Robert Triggs & Sons Monument Company until 1980.
Eugene died September 7, 1996 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Statham, Charlotte Lorraine (Ryder) Callahan was born March 20, 1919 in rural
Elizabeth, Illinois and was the daughter of George Leroy and Buena Marguerite
(Hancock) Ryder. She attended Pleasant Hill Country School and graduated from
Hanover High School in 1937. Lorraine married Melvin Charles Callahan on March 19,
1938 in Dubuque and two children were born to this union: Jerry Melvin Callahan and
Connie Lorraine (Callahan) Garman. Melvin died in 1967 and Lorraine later married
Floyd Raymond Statham on April 7, 1973 in Dixon, Illinois. Lorraine owned and
operated Calico Cellars, the Coffee Cup, and the Kubby Hole in Hanover. She also
worked for Eaton Corporation, Savanna Army Depot, and 28 years for Law-Jones
Funeral Homes. Lorraine died October 26, 2010 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Statham, Floyd Raymond was born February 8, 1915 in rural Hanover and was the son
of Matthew Raymond and Nona Irene (Harkness) Statham. He was a World War II U.S.
Navy Veteran. He married Kathryn Phyllis Gilman and one son was born to this union:
Donald Richard Statham. Floyd and Kathryn operated the Villa Café located in a
portion of Adams Garage in Hanover during the 1940s and Floyd also worked for
Adams Garage. He later worked at the Savanna Army Depot for a short time and
transferred to White Sands Missile Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1958. Floyd
retired in the early 1970s and they moved back to Hanover. They divorced a few years
later and Floyd married Lorraine (Ryder) Callahan on April 7, 1973 in Dixon. This
union gave him two stepchildren: Jerry Melvin Callahan and Connie Lorraine
(Callahan) Garman. Floyd died February 15, 2002 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Statham, Kathryn Phyllis (Gilman) was born September 3, 1914 in Savanna, Illinois
and was the daughter of Robert H. and Leona Ruth (Helbling) Gilman. She graduated
from Savanna High School in 1932. Kathryn married Floyd Raymond Statham and one
son was born to this union: Donald Richard Statham. Kathryn and Floyd operated the
Villa Café in the 1940s located in a portion of Adam’s Garage in Hanover. Kathryn
worked at the Savanna Army Depot for a few years and in 1958 transferred to White
Sands Missle Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She retired in the early 1970s and
they moved back to Hanover. They divorced a few years later and Kathryn moved to
Phoenix, Arizona to be near her son. Kathryn died September 4, 2005 in Phoenix.
Staudt, Irene Margaret (Segerson) was born September 6, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois
and was the daughter of Christopher “Chris” and Johanna Mary “Mary Ann”
(Londergan) Segerson. She married Jacob Staudt in Chicago in 1917 and two daughters
were born to this union: Irene Margaret (Staudt) Olsen Kubicki and another daughter.