Obit: Hannan, Catherine E. (1871 - 1952)

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Surnames: Hannan, Kiley, Bertz, Stange

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   02/21/1952

Hannan, Catherine E. (29 NOV 1871 - 17 FEB 1952)

Mrs. Peter J. Hannan, 81, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, Feb. 17^th, 1952.  Death was attributed to complications of old age.

A solemn Requiem High Mass is to be read at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Thursday morning, Feb. 21^st, by Rev. Norbert King, with Rev. Edward Hartung of St. Mary’s, Greenwood, and Rev. Norman Thomas of St. Anthony’s Athens, assisting.

The pallbearers, grandchildren of the deceased, will be James Hannan, Donald Stange, Richard Stange, John R. Bertz, Thomas Bertz, and Lawrence Rausch.  Burial will be made in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. Hannan, the former Catherine Elizabeth Kiley, was born Nov. 29, 1871, in Dodge County.  She received her education in the elementary school in Rubicon and was graduated from the Hartford High School.  She taught school for ten years in Dodge and Washington Counties, often riding horseback to and from school.

She was married to Peter J. Hannan Oct. 21, 1897, in St. Kilian’s Catholic Church in Hartford.  After their marriage they resided in Dodge Co. five years.

They then came to Clark County, pioneering the farm which is now known as the Russell Roehl farm.  They sold this farm and moved to the Town of York in 1010 to the farm which is now owned by their oldes son, Raymond.

From there they moved to the city of Loyal where she resided until the time of her death.  Her husband preceded her in death five years ago.  She was a member of St. Mary’s Altar Society.

Mrs. Hannan is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Florence) Bertz, Loyal; Mrs. Alois (Eleanore) Stange, Athens, and two sons, Ray and Wilbur of Loyal; 19 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.  A daughter, three brothers and three sisters also preceded her in death.