Marilyn Louise Hannen

Marilyn L. Hannen, 82, of Washington, died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, December 17, 2006, in Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg, following a lengthy illness. Born Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924, in Denbo, she was a daughter of George S. and Ellen Mae Hyatt Bloyer. Mrs. Hannen graduated from Charleroi High School in 1942. During World War II, from 1943 to 1946, she served in the United States Coast Guard and was stationed in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, D.C. She was discharged with a rank of Printer, Third Class. She worked in several area hospitals, including the Washington Hospital, where she worked in the dietary department for ten years, retiring in 1989. Mrs. Hannen was a member of Christian Church of North American and Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion. She sang with Thomas Campbell Apartment’s Sharps and Flats singing group and enjoyed crossword puzzles, playing cards, soap operas and dart ball. Her first husband, Thomas Bongiorno, is deceased. On Sept 1, 1963, she married James Marion Hannen, who died October 17, 1999. Surviving are three daughters, Cindy (Tom) Mattey of Belle Vernon, Sally (Bob) Mitchell of Kittanning, and Tamara (Ray) Gorby of Washington; one son, Parke (Donna) Bongiorno of California, PA; nine grandchildren, Marilyn Gorby, Melissa Jarvis, Tom Mattey, Bobby, Stacy and Kelly Mitchell, Karli Grillo, and Amber and Parker Bongiorno; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Parke (Joyce) Bloyer of Ohio; and one sister, Shirley Chew of Belle Vernon. Deceased is a sister Alverna Bloyer, who died at age 7. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2006, with Pastor Rob Berk officiating. Burial will follow in Washington Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded graveside by Edwin Schott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion.