Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

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Bundy, Max William was born September 25, 1914 in Savanna, Illinois and was the
son of Roy and Amanda (McGinnis) Bundy. He graduated from Savanna High School
in 1934. Max was a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran. He married Mildred
Grace Kuchemann on August 2, 1943 in Amityville, New York and two children were
born to this union: Muriel Jane (Bundy) Rafferty and Duglas “Dug” Delavan Bundy.
Max lived most of his married life in Hanover and worked at the Savanna Army Depot
as an Area Supervisor and an Ammunitions Instructor at the Depot Ammunitions
School. He retired in 1975 after working at the Army Depot for 30 years. They moved
to Savanna a few years before he died on July 15, 2005. He is buried in Zion Cemetery
in rural Mt. Carroll.
Bundy, Mildred Grace (Kuchemann) was born July 4, 1919 in Galena, Illinois and
was the daughter of Charles Marion and Camilla Birkbeck (Graham) Kuchemann.
Mildred graduated from Galena High School in 1937 and later from Bayliss Business
College in Dubuque. She married Max William Bundy on August 2, 1943 in
Amityville, New York and two children were born to this union: Muriel Jane (Bundy)
Rafferty and Duglas “Dug” Delavan Bundy. Mildred lived most of her adult life in
Hanover and worked at the Savanna Army Depot for more than 20 years. Mildred later
moved to Mt. Carroll and died there March 30, 2006. She is buried in Zion Cemetery in
rural Mt. Carroll.
Burgin, LaVerne Mable (Kamin) was born July 22, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois and was
the daughter of Frederick W. and Lillian M. (Bending) Kamin. She graduated in 1943
from Harrison High School in Chicago. LaVerne married Robert Cathey Burgin Jr. on
November 22, 1957 and one daughter was born to this union: Robin (Burgin) Cruz.
Robert died in 1993. LaVerne had lived in Hanover for a time when she died May 20,
2004. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Burk, Joan Kay (Mickle) was born October 15, 1937 in Whiteside County, Illinois and
was the daughter of Kenneth Charles and Jessie Pauline “Polly” (Likes) Mickle. She
graduated from Hanover High School in 1955. Kay lived in Beloit, Wisconsin for many
years. Kay died in 2000.
Burke, Stella (Bennett) graduated from Hanover High School in 1893 and attended
Tarkio College in Missouri. In 1930 she was married and living in Iowa City, Iowa.
Burns, Frank Lenoir was born December 15, 1909 in East Dubuque, Illinois and was
the son of Frank Lenoir and Helen Lura (Seeney) Burns. He graduated from Galena
High School. Frank married Miriam Anita Lombard on November 3, 1927 in
Waukegan, Illinois and five daughters were born to this union: Joanne Lenoir (Burns)
Scarpati, Miriam Jean (Burns) Fishburn, Barbara Bea (Burns) Wood, Nancy Lee Burns,
and Diane Elaine Burns. He graduated from Wisconsin School of Mines, University of
Wisconsin and he later did graduate work at the University of South Florida and
Millersville State College in Pennsylvania. Frank taught school in Hanover from 1942
until 1953 and later in the Freeport area. They moved to Sebring, Florida in 1965 and
he taught at Avon Park High School for a few years. Frank died August 8, 2002 in
Sebring.
Burns, Miriam Anita (Lombard) was born May 30, 1911 in Baraboo, Wisconsin and
was the daughter of Edward August and Bertha Augusta (Boettcher) Lombard. She
married Frank Lenoir Burns on November 3, 1927 in Waukegan, Illinois and five
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