Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

Illinois.
Harkness, Hazel Irene (Virtue) was born August 6, 1912 in Hanover and was the
daughter of Wilbur Johnston and Agnes Irene (Sherrard) Virtue. Hazel graduated from
Hanover High School in 1930. She married Harvey Harkness and five children were
born to this union: David Harkness, Sue (Harkness) Williams, Duane Harkness,
Douglas Harkness, and Sandy (Harkness) Barnaby. They lived in De Kalb, Illinois.
Hazel died on February 11, 1981 and is buried in Fairfield Memory Gardens Cemetery,
De Kalb.
Harkness, Jessie R. (Smith) was born January 6, 1903 in Blanding, Jo Daviess County
and was the daughter of John Grant and Katherine “Kate” Elizabeth (Schalk) Smith.
She married Daniel Boone Harkness on January 10, 1936 in Belvidere, Illinois. They
raised three children: Jeanette Marie (Smith) Schaal, Betty Lou (Harkness) Harkness,
and Robert “Bob” Lee Harkness. Jessie worked at the Hanover Woolen Mill for a
number of years. Jessie died October 12, 1990 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Harkness, John “Sonny” Morris was born July 13, 1915 in Neckwall, Montana and
was the son of John Bently and Viola Irene (Morris) Harkness. His family later moved
to Hanover. Sonny married Sophie Florence Grzelak on June 28, 1937 in Savanna and
six children were born to this union: Marchette Lee (Harkness) Kisner, Rita Jean
(Harkness) Resh, John Robert “Bob” Harkness, Catherine “Caye” Irene (Harkness)
Carbine, Juanita Marie “Bootsie” (Harkness) Holmes, and James Gary Harkness. He
worked for National Lock for a number of years and he and his wife Sophie operated the
Brunswick Inn in Savanna for 12 years. Sonny died March 10, 1984 and is buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Harkness, Luella Mae (Sanderson) Patterson was born May 18, 1915 in Rodden, Jo
Daviess County and was the daughter of Warren L. and Luella (Cook) Sanderson. She
attended Black Country School and graduated from Hanover High School in 1933. Mae
married Edward Raymond Patterson on November 29, 1934 in Galena and four children
were born to this union: Robert “Bob” Leland Patterson, Judith “Judy” Lynn (Patterson)
Vesely, Shirley Luella (Patterson) Dodson, and Richard “Dick” Raymond Patterson.
Her husband Raymond died in 1980 and she married Harvey Chapman Harkness on
March 6, 1982 in Hanover. This union gave Mae five stepchildren: David Harkness,
Sue (Harkness) Williams, Duane Harkness, Doug Harkness, and Sandy (Harkness)
Barnaby. Mae lived in rural Hanover most of her life. Mae died July 26, 2006 and is
buried in Log Church Cemetery.
Harkness, Sophie Florence (Grzelak) was born June 19, 1915 in Rockford, Illinois
and was the daughter of Anthony and Katherine (Kornash) Grzelak. She married John
“Sonny” Morris Harkness on June 28,1937 in Savanna and six children were born to this
union: Marchetta Lee (Harkness) Kisner, Rita Jean (Harkness) Resh, John Robert
“Bob” Harkness, Catherine “Caye” Irene (Harkness) Carbine, Juanita Marie “Bootsie”
1(Harkness) Holmes, and James Gary Harkness. She was operator of the Kubee Hole
Gift Shop in Hanover and the Brunswick Inn in Savanna. Sophie died December 27,
1982 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Harksen, Harold Louis was born May 21, 1903 in Clinton, Iowa and was the son of
Paul Nickolas and Ida J. (Kruse) Harksen. He graduated from Lyons High School in
1920 and from the University of Iowa in 1925. Harold married Emma Grace Deimerly
on April 18, 1933 in Goose Lake, Iowa and they had one son: Max Eugene Harksen.
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