Memorial for Marjorie M. Hanneman Born in Ward, NY on Sep. 5, 1912 Departed on Nov. 24, 2009 and resided in Laurel, MD. Visitation: Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 Service: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 Cemetery: Maryland Veterans Cemetery Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions. Marjorie Marie (Marge, Midge, Maggie Brown) Hanneman, 97, a resident of Annapolis Junction for 56 years and previously of Wellsville, N.Y, died of natural causes Nov. 24, at her residence. She was born Sept. 5, 1912, in Ward, N.Y. She received a B.S. in Education in 1937 from University of New York at Buffalo, and Masters in Education in the 1940s from Alfred University. She began teaching in upstate New York in 1937, grades 1 through 8, in a one-room school house. She also taught in several Anne Arundel schools for over 25 years, retiring in 1980 from Pershing Hill Elementary after a total of 43 years of teaching. She was awarded Lifetime Member in the Gifted and Talented Program for teaching in the State of Maryland, and Golden Sheaf for 50 years continuous membership in the National Grange. She was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church for over 55 years, Treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary for over 20 years, C.A.P. Food Pantry Rep. for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in the 1980s and 1990s--she started the food pantry at the church. She was also a volunteer for LMS in Annapolis for over ten years, managed the Ladies Auxiliary Bake Table for church bazaars for several years, and was a member of the Jessup Women's club. She enjoyed cooking and baking, arts and crafts, and dancing. She was a seamstress, an avid reader, and wildlife enthusiast (she faithfully watched and fed birds, squirrels, rabbits, deer). She was a serious Baltimore sports fan, and enjoyed spending time with all generations of her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, William H. Hanneman, whom she married June 26, 1953 and who died Nov. 17, 1997; and her sister, Victoria Sheldon. She is survived by son, Paul H. Hanneman and his wife Beth E. Hanneman of Stevensville; daughter, Vicki Lynn Wallace and her husband Kevin F. Wallace of Derby, England; five grandchildren, Melissa Brown, Amy Hanneman, Justin Hanneman, Gabriel Wallace and Dakota Wallace; six great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Eva Hanneman of Sayre, Pa.

Anne Rita Ryan Scanlan, 94, a long time resident of Colegrove, McKean County, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at her daughter Rosemary's home in Ambler, PA on March 17, 2010.

She was preceeded in death by her husband Nicholas William Scanlan.

Rita was born in Port Allegany, PA on August 27, 1915, the daughter of the late William Patrick and Bridgid Josephine Fitzstephens Ryan, the second of their three children.

Her father was a professional baseball player, a catcher in the minor leagues, and a hotelier. He introduced her to many early baseball legends and entertainment stars of the era.

Her mother immigrated to the United States from Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland by ship as a child in 1900.

Rita was an exceptional student and in her years of elementary and secondary education in Olean and Wellsville, New York, respectively, skipped grades and, upon high school graduation, attained the highest scores ever recorded on the New York State Regents Exams.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Villa Maria College in Erie, PA with a double major degree in French and mathematics.

While in college she met Nick Scanlan, also a student in Erie at Gannon College. He was an accomplished amateur pugilist and aviator.

They were married July 1, 1940 in Wellsville, NY. During WWII the young couple resided at various air bases across the U.S. where her now Army Air Corps Captain husband had been assigned as a flight instructor to new cadets.

After the war they returned to the home in Colegrove where they raised their family.

Nick operated the Smethport Garage Company , an automobile dealership, in Smethport, PA until his death in 1972. Rita was a substitute teacher at the Smethport Area Jr.-Sr. High School often teaching French and Latin for 17 years until her retirement at age 78.

She enjoyed portrait sketching, her yard full of perennial flowers and shrubs, and the many cats and dogs she loved over the years.

She was politically astute and an obstinate life-long Democrat in a county overwhelmed with Republicans, including her husband. She was strong-willed and did not hesitate to voice her opinion.

Rita did a great deal of community outreach, helping the elderly and needy. She was proud of her Irish heritage and often exhibited her great wit and gift for gab.

She was fortunate enough to make a pilgrimage to her parent's homeland In her later years and even kiss the Blarney Stone. And as the luck of the Irish would have it, she passed away on St. Patrick's Day.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ambler, PA, St. Elizabeths of Hungary in Smethport, PA, Catholic Daughters of America, McKean County Historical Society where she served as Vice President, and was also a CCD Teacher at St. Elizabeth Church in Smethport, PA.

She is survived by her seven children: Colleen Anne McClay (William) of Drexel Hill, PA; Michael James Scanlan (Margaret) of Golden, CO; Dennis Eugene Scanlan of Boise, Idaho; Marie Louise Anderson (Samuel) of Wallingford, PA; Brian Christopher Scanlan of Drexel Hill, PA; Rosemary Jacob (Neil) of Ambler, PA; Jane Rita Scanlan of Melbourne, FL; nine grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. She was pre-deceased by her brother William Stephen Ryan and her sister Mary Frances Cunningham.

SHONGO —

 Genevieve E. Perry, 94, of 416 State Route 19 South, died Monday (Feb. 7, 2011) in Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, Pa., following a brief illness.
 She was born May 9, 1916, in Canisteo, the daughter of Leon and Elva Hill Martin.
 On Dec. 24, 1942, in Shongo, she was married to Rolland S. Perry, who died Aug. 30, 2001.
 She had resided in Shongo for over 65 years.
 She had attended school in both Canisteo and Wellsville.
 She operated her own beauty shop and, for 25 years, was a manager for Tupper Ware products.
 She was a member of the Genesee, Pa., United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women’s Group, member and past district deputy president of the Rebecca Lodge and member of the Women of the Moose, where she was a graduate regent.
 She is survived by two daughters, Sharon E. Jones of Shongo, and Mary Lou (Robert) Willetts of Wellsville; two grandsons, Rolland (Angela) Jones of Shongo, and Marc (Kim) Ferrantino of Alden; two great-grandchildren, Dakota Jones of Shongo, and Maxxim Ferrantino of Alden; and several nieces and nephews.
 She was predeceased by her parents; husband; son, Dana M. Perry, in 1966; grandson, William K. Jones, in 1973; and a sister, Arlene E. Riley, in 2010.
 Friends may call at the Mulholland-Crowell Funeral Home in Wellsville from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 10, 2011), with Pastor Deborah Watkins of the Genesee United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville.
 Memorials may be made to the Genesee United Methodist Church, SPCA Serving Allegany County or to the Women of the Moose Scholarship Fund.