Harriet "Hattie R. McDonald Hanna

HANNA, MCDONALD, HOOK

Posted By: Marlene Skalberg (email)
Date: 8/25/2014 at 21:00:57

It is seldom that the death of an individual brings such general sorrow to a county as it did the passing of Mrs. Hattie R. Hanna, who enjoyed the noon meal with her family Monday, June 8, and then suddenly passed away without a moment's warning. Mrs. Hanna had not been well for some time and her family had noticed during the past week that she had failed rapidly but her condition was not considered serious and her passing leaves the family and friends stunned by the blow of a departed loved one. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the home at 2 p.m. and interment will be made in the Quincy Cemetery.
Hattie McDonald was born in Springdale, Iowa, December 11, 1859, and was at the time of her death 71 years, 5 months, and 28 days old. She with her family lived in Indiana a short time, but when she was six years old, the family moved to Adams County living in the vicinity of Carbon and Quincy, thus making her a resident of the county for 65 years. March 18, 1888, she was married to John William Hanna and came as a bride to the home where death claimed her Monday. She loved every acre of that Adams County farm and every timber in the old home where she had lived for 45 years. And what a home it has been. An old friend and frequent visitor of the home said, "I never heard a cross word spoken in that home." No wonder her children say, "She was a wonderful mother and home maker."
Seven children blessed this union and these are; John Floyd, who died in infancy, Hazel Hanna, Delia Miller, Lois Hunt, Joy Craft, Wilma Deere, and Marjorie Hanna. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gurney of Grand Island, Nebraska, Mrs. Carrie Champ of Omaha, and Mrs. Guy Boyer of Creston, and one brother Joe McDonald, and also eleven grandchildren.
Mrs. Hanna was not identified with any religious denomination, but believed in a non-denominational Christian faith which dominated her life in a beautiful way. All who knew her admired her for her ready sympathy, her clear, steadfast faith, and her courage in moral issues. She was one of the group of "Old Quincy Girls" who so recently enjoyed a reunion and who represent so definitely the part "Old Quincy" played in the historical chapters of Adams County.
Adams County Free Press, June 11, 1931, page 4