Jane Martin Hanna
Sept. 27, 1920 - Nov. 16, 2013
Resident of Palo Alto
Jane Martin Hanna died November 16, 2013, in Palo Alto after a long illness.
Jane Martin was born in Detroit, the only child of George and Jessie Reeves Martin. She attended Denison University and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa her junior year and graduated in 1941. In 1942 she graduated from the Fletcher School in Boston with a masters degree in International Economics.
During her freshman year at Denison she met Stanley Hanna at an evening astronomy class. They became college sweethearts and married on December 27, 1942. They remained married and in love until Stanley's death 70 years later in 2012.
Jane is survived by a son, David, a daughter, Susan Spalding, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A son, Peter, died in 1992.
Jane Martin Hanna was buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto, beside her beloved husband Stanley Hanna.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Nov. 22, 2013.
Sept. 27, 1920 - Nov. 16, 2013
Resident of Palo Alto
Jane Martin Hanna died November 16, 2013, in Palo Alto after a long illness.
Jane Martin was born in Detroit, the only child of George and Jessie Reeves Martin. She attended Denison University and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa her junior year and graduated in 1941. In 1942 she graduated from the Fletcher School in Boston with a masters degree in International Economics.
During her freshman year at Denison she met Stanley Hanna at an evening astronomy class. They became college sweethearts and married on December 27, 1942. They remained married and in love until Stanley's death 70 years later in 2012.
Jane is survived by a son, David, a daughter, Susan Spalding, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A son, Peter, died in 1992.
Jane Martin Hanna was buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto, beside her beloved husband Stanley Hanna.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Nov. 22, 2013.
Jane Martin Hanna
Sept. 27, 1920 - Nov. 16, 2013
Resident of Palo Alto
Jane Martin Hanna died November 16, 2013, in Palo Alto after a long illness.
Jane Martin was born in Detroit, the only child of George and Jessie Reeves Martin. She attended Denison University and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa her junior year and graduated in 1941. In 1942 she graduated from the Fletcher School in Boston with a masters degree in International Economics.
During her freshman year at Denison she met Stanley Hanna at an evening astronomy class. They became college sweethearts and married on December 27, 1942. They remained married and in love until Stanley's death 70 years later in 2012.
Jane is survived by a son, David, a daughter, Susan Spalding, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A son, Peter, died in 1992.
Jane Martin Hanna was buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto, beside her beloved husband Stanley Hanna.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Nov. 22, 2013.
Sept. 27, 1920 - Nov. 16, 2013
Resident of Palo Alto
Jane Martin Hanna died November 16, 2013, in Palo Alto after a long illness.
Jane Martin was born in Detroit, the only child of George and Jessie Reeves Martin. She attended Denison University and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa her junior year and graduated in 1941. In 1942 she graduated from the Fletcher School in Boston with a masters degree in International Economics.
During her freshman year at Denison she met Stanley Hanna at an evening astronomy class. They became college sweethearts and married on December 27, 1942. They remained married and in love until Stanley's death 70 years later in 2012.
Jane is survived by a son, David, a daughter, Susan Spalding, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A son, Peter, died in 1992.
Jane Martin Hanna was buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto, beside her beloved husband Stanley Hanna.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Nov. 22, 2013.
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