The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., January 4, 1999, page A2
Includes portrait

MARGARET HANNIFAN

     Margaret "Jean" Hannifan, 74, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local hospital on Jan. 2, 1999.
     She was born Nov. 2, 1924 in The Dalles, the sixth of eight children to John A. and Lena (Hollingsworth) Miller. She grew up in Centerville, Wash. and attended Centerville School. She graduated from Pocatello High School with the class of 1942.
     She worked at the Klickitat County Courthouse in the auditor's office and waited tables at the Simcoe Café in Goldendale during the war years.
     She married James E. Hannifan on Jan. 6, 1946 in Fallon, Nev. They lived in Nevada for a short time, then settled in The Dalles in 1948.
     She was a homemaker, who enjoyed her children and grandchildren, gardening, flowers, traveling, music, singing, dolls, tea parties, pretty things, sewing, animals and much more. She was an active member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
     Survivors include her husband, Jim, The Dalles; her children and their spouses, Sharon and Stephen Pevera, New Fairfield, CT.; Diane and Patrick Gallagher, Goldendale; Mike and Kathy Hannifan, Hood River; Patty Hannifan, Van Nuys, CA.; Mark and Bonnie Hannifan, Portland; eight grandchildren, Greg, Kelly, Heather, Kristen, Quinn, Cory, Nicole and Dustin; a sister, Helen Reierson, The Dalles, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
     Graveside services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Centerville Cemetery in Centerville. Memorial services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, with Pastor Jim Bull officiating. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 1425 N.E. Irving St., No. 100, Portland, OR. 97232-4201 or charity of choice.

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