Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hannan, William M. November 6, 1932
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 7, 1932

                    W. M. HANNAN DIES; RITES WEDNESDAY

     Aged Norfolk Resident Long Was Active in Business and Political Affairs

William M. Hannan, for many years a leader in the business and political life of 
Norfolk, died last night at 7:30 o'clock at his home on Sixteenth Street, 
Willoughby. He was 86 years old, was a native of Limerick, Ireland and had 
resided in Norfolk for 82 years.
Mr. Hannan was a member of the City Council for 27 years and of the Board of 
Control for seven years. He held the office of city sergeant for four years. At 
the time of his death, he was a member of the board of directors of the Twin-
City Permanent Building Association. He had retired from active business many 
years ago.
Funeral services will be conducted in St. Mary's Catholic Church Wednesday 
morning at 10 o'clock. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Mr. Hannan is survived by a daughter, Miss Mary C. Hannan, of Norfolk; three 
sons, William M. Hannan, Jr., of New York City; James T. Hannan, of Norfolk and 
Michael C. Hannan, of Youngstown, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Edward Shanly, of New 
York City, and four grandchildren, Mary Virginia, William E., Anne Trenor and 
Mark C. Hannan, all of Youngstown.
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William M. Hannan - Funeral services for William M. Hannan, whose death occurred 
Sunday at the residence, Sixteenth street, Willoughby, were held at 10 o’clock 
yesterday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with the Rev. E. A. Brosnan, 
officiating. Msgr. T. E. Waters, the Rev. F. J. Magri, the Rev. P. C. Blackburn, 
the Rev. J. F. Kociela and the Rev. A. J. Taylor were present in the sanctuary. 
At the conclusion of the mass, Father Brosnan explained the mass and paid 
tribute to the faith and charity of the deceased. There was a large attendance 
and a profusion of floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of 
Easter lilies, pink roses and ferns. During the service, Mrs. Otto Wells, Miss 
Rosa Smith, E. Vincent Smith, R. F. Crutsinger and Dr. J. J. O’Keefe sang, “Veni 
Jesu,” and E. Vincent Smith, Gounod's “Benedlctus," with Mrs. James Hughes, 
accompanist. Interment was in the Shanly Mausoleum in St. Mary’s Cemetery, 
temporarily. Services at the cemetery were conducted by the Rev. A. J. Taylor. 
Honorary pallbearers were John A. Baecher, William L. Prieur, Sr., Thomas S. 
Fitzgibbons, T. M. Cashin, Capt. John I. Clark, C. Moran Barry, C. Lee Dudley, 
Walter H. Taylor, III, J. Alvah Boushell, Michael Kaplan, Roy Downs, J. M. 
Hayden, Cornelius Clark, Col. Charles H. Consolvo, Frank A. Evans, L. P. 
Roberts, Sr., Dr. S. A. Sutton, E. J. Gorman, R. D. Cooke, W. W. Elliott, O. J. 
Edgerton, Dr. J. L. Deitrick, W. H. Hancox, B. Gray Tunstall, Charles E. 
Francis, B. O. Williamson, Camp Shelly, E. M. Holmes, Dr. C. H. Childress, Hon. 
W. H. Sargeant, P. F. Joyce and William Miller. Active pallbearers were G. 
Emmett Hogan, J. Alvah Clark, W. J. Twiford, David M. Donovan, Jesse Hough, 
Gatewood Dashield, Raymond Flaherty, Clarence Ferguson, Vance Kraemer, Joseph 
Caprio and James T. Holland.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark November 10, 1932

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