Pike Township Family Stories

ULA B. GREEN
Nichols, Iowa Centennial Book 1884-1984, page 248
By Phyllis Green Hazen

         Ula Green was born in Nichols. She graduated from Nichols High school.
         She married Ralph Han. He was born 21 November 1919 and died 3 July 1980. He is buried in Lone Tree cemetery.
         Ula and Ralph lived in Missouri, then Nichols (in the house across from the Nichols school, on the corner of the highway) and later moved to Lone Tree where Ula still lives. They had three children: Stephen Paul Han, William Joe Han and Penny Lea Han.
         Ralph worked for the Iowa Electric Light and Power company in Muscatine. Ula works in Iowa City at the Johnson County Health department. Her grandson, Mike Han, lives with her, and he is now [1984] attending William Penn college in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He graduated from Lone Tree High school.
         Ula and Ralph’s children and grandchildren follow:
         Stephen Han graduated from Nichols High school. He married Mary Collins and they divorced later. Steve and Mary’s children are: Stephen Troy Han, born in Iowa City, and Mary Melissa Han, born in Iowa City.
         Steve Han later married Carolyn Han in Mesa, Arizona, where they now live. They have one daughter, Danielle, born in Arizona.
         Bill Han went to Nichols school and Lone Tree High school. He served in the army and was stationed in Viet Nam. Bill had three children by an early marriage: Michael Ray Han, born in Iowa City; Ronald Wayne Han, born in Iowa City, and William Joe Han, born in Iowa City. Bill later married Carrie Zinger. They have one daughter, Amy Linn Han.
         They live in Nichols, one block north of the Catholic church. Bill and Carrie were owners of Ma and Pa’s Bar and Grill, and they later sold it to Ron and Emma Rohr. Bill now works at Mapco in Muscatine, and Carrie works at Chown Appliance in Nichols.
         Penny Han went to school at Nichols and graduated from Lone Tree High school in 1965. Penny married David Stimmel, and later they were divorced. Their children are: Kelly Stimmel, born in Iowa City, Nicole Stimmel, born in Iowa City, and David Ryan Stimmel, born in Iowa City. Kelly was born on the same day her great grandfather, Fred Green was born.
         Penny and her children live in Iowa City. Penny works at the University hospitals.


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