Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

Gugler, Charles “Charlie” Samuel was born September 7, 1895 in Guilford
Township, Jo Daviess County and was the son of George A. and Christina (Distler)
Gugler. He married Buena Marguerite (Hancock) Ryder on September 5, 1959 in
Scales Mound and this union gave him two stepchildren: Charlotte Lorraine (Ryder)
Statham and LaVerne Melvin Ryder. They lived in Hanover for many years. Charlie
died February 22, 1987 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Guth, Gerald R. was born February 2, 1943 in Freeport, Illinois. He married Carol Lee
Anderson and two sons were born to this union: Philip Guth and Karl Guth. Gerald
taught music in Hanover High School 1966-67. He taught school in Benton, Wisconsin
and Orangeville, Illinois for a time before working as an executive director for a
Christian school. Gerald died January 30, 2006 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is buried
there at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Haarman, George Herbert was born December 16, 1925 in Yosemite, Kentucky and
was the son of George John and Zella Dye (Houge) Haarman. Geroge was a World War
II U.S. Navy Veteran. He married Edith Marie Haggart on September 4, 1946 in
Russell Springs, Kentucky and four children were born to this union: Daniel “Danny”
Ray Haarman, Judy Kay Haarman, Hilda Mae (Haarman) Erickson, and Herbert Allen
“Buddy” Haarman. George worked at the Savanna Army Depot when they moved to
Hanover in 1956. They stayed in Hanover until 1968 when he transferred to the Joliet
Arsenal. They later moved to Cambridge, Illinois. George died October 15, 1983 and is
buried at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Haas, Jeanette Barnes (Flack) was born September 2, 1922 in Stockton, Illinois and
was the daughter of Frank Lester and Florence Geneva (Irwin) Flack. She graduated
from Hanover High School in 1941. Jeanette married Myles Haas on March 14, 1944 in
Derinda and two children were born to this union: James Haas and Nancy (Haas)
Schuster. She owned and operated the Sandburr Gift Shop in Thomson for 17 years,
retiring in 1976. She also taught ceramics out of her Thomson home for 17 years. Her
husband Myles died February 27, 1979. Jeanette died June 9, 2003 and is buried in
Lower York Cemetery, Thomson.
Hacker, Bernice H. was born October 18, 1913 in Watertown, South Dakota and was
the daughter of John William and Helena Marie (Plath) Hacker. In the 1920s the family
moved from South Dakota to Gratiot, Wisconsin, a few years later to Hanover. Bernice
was employed at the Savanna Army Depot and also worked at the Hanover restaurant
for several years. She died April 1, 1995 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Hacker, John Louis was born October 9, 1917 in Watertown, South Dakota and was
the son of John William and Helena Marie (Plath) Hacker. In the 1920s the family
moved from South Dakota to Gratiot, Wisconsin, a few years later to Hanover. John
was employed as a mechanic at Adams Garage in Hanover for 35 years before he retired
in 1983. John died May 19, 1994 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Hacker, Vada Louise (Neff) was born July 31, 1907 in rural Shullsburg, Wisconsin and
was the daughter of Albert Anson and Clara Ada (Oates) Neff. She married Ralph
August Hacker on June 27, 1934 in Apple River, Illinois and four children were born to
this union: LeRoy William Hacker, Betty Jean (Hacker) DeWitt, Floyd Albert Hacker,
and JoAnn Helene (Hacker) Kyes. They farmed in Hanover Township for many years
before retiring in 1976 and moving to the village of Hanover. Vada worked part-time as
a custodian at the Hanover School. Vada died November 20, 2003 and is buried in
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