Frances Anne Hannon , 1929 – 2010

HANNON, TIERNAN, SPARKS, SLATER, NEUHAUS, MCQUEEN

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 15:50:03

Memorial Mass for Anne Hannon, 81, Cedar Rapids, a longtime resident of Linwood Apartments, was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at St. Jude Catholic Church. She died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at Colonial Manor of Amana following a short illness.

The Rev. Mark Reasoner officiated at the service.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Teahen Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids, was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.teahenfuneralhome.com.

Frances Anne Hannon was born Feb. 13, 1929, in Parnell, the daughter of Frank and Pearl Tiernan Hannon. She moved to Cedar Rapids and began her career at Allis Chalmers. She then worked at WMT Radio for 17 years in the advertising traffic department, retiring in 1975.

She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church and led a prayerful life through her daily rosaries and novenas.

She was proud of her Irish heritage and was an avid Notre Dame and Iowa Hawkeye fan. She cherished her family and friends and will be greatly missed.

Hannon is survivied by her favorite niece, Christine Sparks, Cedar Rapids; four nephews, Dixon (Terry) Slater, Grayslake, Ill.; Michael (Maryann) Slater, Folsom, Calif.; Kevin Slater (Ashley Dodge) and Patrick (Lois) Slater, all Fairfax, and 14 great-nieces and great-nephews, Wendy, Jennifer, Andrea, Kim, Katie, Jim, Shirley, Barbara, Megan, Emily, Mark, Nick, David and John; one brother-in-law and his wife, Dave and Mary Neuhaus, Fairfax, and Kay Slater, Cedar Rapids.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Helen Slater McQueen and Mary Clare Neuhaus, and one nephew, Joseph Slater.

The Journal Tribune, Williamsburg Iowa, 23 Dec 2010, pg 3