Hanaway, Margaret

1903 - 2006  (103 years)    Has 18 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Hanaway, Margaret
  Born	3 Mar 1903	Greenleaf, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  1940 Census	1940	Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA
  Felix L Ronayne38 Margaret Ronayne37 Patrick Ronayne10 Judith Ronayne2 James Ronayne1
  Died	10 Oct 2006	Lincoln, Antelope, Nebraska, USA
  Obituary	15 Oct 2006
  Aberdeen News
  Aberdeen - Mass of Christian Burial for Margaret H. Ronayne, age 103 of Aberdeen, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen. Father Edward Pierce will be officiating. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Aberdeen. Schriver's Memorial Mortuary & Crematory, Aberdeen, is in charge of arrangements. A Rosary will be recited 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at the mortuary. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary and one hour prior to the funeral Mass Monday at the church. Margaret passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at Haven Manor in Lincoln, Neb. Margaret H. Hanaway was born March 3, 1903, to Patrick and Bridget (Powers) Hanaway in Greenleaf, Wis. Margaret walked to her grade school in Askeaton, Wis., from the family dairy farm and rode in a horse pulled buggy or sled with her brothers and neighbors to high school in Wrightstown, Wis. She did teacher preparation studies before coming to South Dakota by train. Margaret taught in a one-room schoolhouse near Leola, S.D. She later moved to Aberdeen and taught for the Aberdeen Public School System for many years. Margaret continued with her professional education career by earning a bachelor's degree and later a master's degree in education from Northern State Teachers College. Margaret married Felix L. Ronayne in 1928 at Leola. They made Aberdeen their home to raise their family of four children. Felix passed away in 1972. Margaret continued to make Aberdeen her home and lived independently at 402 Fifth Ave. S.E. for many years. At the age of 100, she relocated to Lincoln, Neb., for care by her daughter and son-in-law Judy (George) Sholy. In her heart and mind she was visiting in Lincoln and fully intended to return to her home in Aberdeen. Margaret was very active in many civic and community organizations. She was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church for many years and was past president of the Sacred Heart Altar Society. She was an honorary member of the Aberdeen Area Retired Teachers Association, was a member of the Irish American Cultural Group, was a volunteer at St. Luke's Hospital for hundreds of hours, a volunteer with the American Red Cross, was a judge of elections at one of the community voting precincts until very late in life, and she was an informed, active and interested Democrat all her life. Margaret is leaving behind never-forgotten friends and family in Aberdeen, Nebraska and in Wisconsin. Surviving Margaret are one daughter, Judy (George) Sholy of Lincoln, Neb., one son Patrick M. Ronayne of Garden Grove, Calif., four grandchildren, Mary Bridget (Bruce) Pendleton, an attorney living in San Diego, Calif., Megan Ronayne, an oncology nurse living in Oakland, Calif., Matthew Ronayne, a speech therapist living in Riverside, Calif., and Rachel (Ron) Peters, a teacher living in Long Beach, Calif., and two great-grandchildren, Quinn Pendleton and Kristin Pendleton. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, F.L. Ronayne, two sons, James E. Ronayne and John J. Ronayne, three sisters, Marcella Vaness, Eleanor Petrie and Lucy Neuhaus and three brothers, Thomas Hanaway, Richard Hanaway and John Hanaway. Published in the Aberdeen News on 10/15/2006.
  Buried	Sacred Heart Cemetery, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I44513	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Hanaway, Patrick,   b. Abt 1863,   d. 4 May 1944  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Powers, Bridget,   b. 3 Oct 1875, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Sep 1962, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F6187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ronayne, Felix Ronawne,   b. 19 Sep 1900, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1972, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F14308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 3 Mar 1903 - Greenleaf, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1940 Census - 1940 - Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, USA Died - 10 Oct 2006 - Lincoln, Antelope, Nebraska, USA Buried - - Sacred Heart Cemetery, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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