Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

Eberhardt and John Franklin Hanny. Della was an accomplished piano and organ player
and she and her husband first opened Dreamland Movie Theater in the Hanover
Township Hall in 1936. They sold the business for a few years, but later re-opened it
and operated it until 1956. Della died August 16, 2000 and is buried in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Hanny, John “Jack” Franklin was born June 16, 1933 in Hanover and was the son of
Benjamin Franklin and Della Marie (Kirkey) Hanny. He graduated from Hanover High
School in 1951 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Jack
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Norma Jean Dawe and
three children were born to this union: Gregory “Greg” John Hanny, Susan Lenora
(Hanny) Moneypenny, and Kelly Jean (Hanny) Fox. In 1959 they moved to Dayton,
Ohio where he worked for National Cash Register in Chemical Research and
Development for 20 years, patenting many formulations and working with NASA to
develop suitable compounds for space exploration. His career then took him to Racine,
Wisconsin to serve as General Manager of Printing Development Incorporated from
which he retired in 1989. They moved back to the area and lived in Elizabeth. Jack died
November 22, 2003.
Hanson, Oliver “Ollie” Sylvester was born October 29, 1944 in Tucumcari, New
Mexico and was the son of Oliver Sylvster and Hazel B. (LaShelle) Hanson Sr. He
graduated from Savanna High School in 1963. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran.
Ollie was married and had two children: Michael Hanson and Andrea Kay Hanson.
Ollie moved to Hanover and married Marcia Jean (Duffy) Nolan on June 20, 1987 and
this union gave him two stepchildren: Robert “Bob” Allen Nolan and Tricia Lynn
(Nolan) Brown. Ollie worked for the Milwaukee Railroad, Soo Railroad, CP and I & M
Rail Link until he retired in February 2000. Ollie lived in Hanover for a number of
years before he died on October 1, 2009. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Haring, Geneva Minnie (Kaufman) was born October 27, 1910 in Hanover and was
the daughter of Charles Alvin and Sadie Ellen (Wells) Kaufman. She graduated from
Hanover High School in 1929 and attended the University of Dubuque and received her
master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Geneva taught school in
various country schools in the Hanover and Elizabeth area. She taught in Albany, Port
Byron and Fulton before she retired in 1980. Geneva married Harold Francis Haring on
December 26, 1939 in the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa and one son was born to
this union: Tommy F. Haring. Geneva and Harold later divorced. Geneva died
November 18, 2005 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Haring, Harold Francis was born August 14, 1910 in Derinda Township, Jo Daviess
County and was the son Albert and Mary (Groezinger) Haring. Harold married, and later
divorced, Geneva Minnie Kaufman on December 26, 1939 and one son was born to this
union: Tommy “Tom” Francis Haring. Harold later married Murieta Jean Gamble on
April 2, 1947 in Savanna and one son was born to this union: Jerry Blaine Haring.
Harold was a retired farmer and was the president Hanover Fire Department Board.
Harold died March 5, 1987 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Haring, Murieta Jean (Gamble) was born May 16, 1926 in Hanover and was the
daughter of Floyd Melvin and Myrtle L. (Schaible) Gamble. She married Harold
Francis Haring on April 2, 1947 and this union gave her one stepson Tommy “Tom”
Francis, and one son was born to this union: Jerry Blaine Haring. Murieta died
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