Judith Ann Hannon

In Loving Memory OfJudith Ann "Judy" HannonJudith Ann "Judy" Hannon was born April 10, 1940 to Herman L. and Sophie C. (Thomsen) Petersen, the oldest of four daughters and passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Warren Memorial Hospital in Friend, Nebraska at the age of 70 years 10 months and 20 days. As a young girl, she attended country school near Cordova and graduated with the Class of 1957 from Exeter High School. Judy furthered her education at Grandview College in Des Moines, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Roger Hannon on December 10, 1960 and to this union three daughters, Brenda, Barbara, and Bridget were born. Together they made their home in Utica, Cordova, and Fairmont before moving to Beaver Crossing in 1973. She worked at the Friend Hospital, Exeter Care Center and the Fairmont Nursing Home. In 1972 she began a long career with Centennial Public Schools, and also drove a school bus from 1978 through 2009. In 1975, Roger and Judy purchased the Flynn Christensen service station and operated it together until 2005. Judy was an active member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and WELCA in Cordova. She was organized, practical and passed along her wonderful work ethic to her children. In the summer Judy worked for numerous seed corn companies, rogueing and detasseling corn. Judy was a wonderful homemaker, a great cook (especially Danish coffee cake and aebelskiver), loved to sew for her family and enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles in her spare time. She enjoyed collecting memory items from the children who rode her buses, and also various "beaver" items. Family came first and she always took care of others before herself. She is survived by her husband, Roger Hannon, Beaver Crossing, daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Matt Peterson, York, Barbara Hannon, York, Bridget and Wendell Bailey, Louisville, KY, five grandchildren, Ryan Mills, Kearney, Brady Mills, Lincoln, Jackson, Jared, and Jillian Bailey, Louisville, KY, sisters and brothers-in-law, Laura Lea and Larry Krupicka, Carleton, Helen and Jim Hild, Seward, Mary and Dan Ane, Valencia, CA, sister-in-law, Clara Bissey, Lincoln, brother-in-law, Jim Hannon, Friend, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandson, Jefferson L. Bailey, and a brother-in-law, Darrell Bissey. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cordova with Rev. Karen Tjarks officiating. A register book is available for signing Friday, 9:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend with family receiving relatives and friends from 5-8 pm. Private family burial will be in Zastrow Cemetery, Cordova. Memorials have been established to the Warren Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Cordova or may be directed in care of the family. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Friend.