The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-16
M. Hanna, SR.
PASSES AWAY
President Of Darlington Ma
chine Works Succumbs
to Paralytic
Stroke
THE END CAME SUDDENLY

Mr.. Michael Hanna, founder and
president of the Darlington Machine
Works, died at his home in this city
Saturday night at 9 o'clock of par
alySis. Mr.. Hanna returned on Fri
day morning from a business trip to
Hopkinsville. seemingly in better
health than he had been for many
years, but on Saturday morning at 8
O'Clock the family were awakened by
noise from his room and found him
suffering from a paralYtic stroke.
which was the third one within the
past few years. All was done for
him that medical skill could do but
he sank rapidly and passed away on
the evening of the same day. Mr..
Hanna was man Of unusual energy
and could he have chosen the end this
would have been as he wished for he
.chafed under inactivity, and while the
shock to the family was almost UNI
bearable, they find consolation in this
thought.
Michael Hanna was born in the
beautiful city of Vienna, Austria, in
the year i84i and at the age of 10
=
years took up his life's work, that of
an iron foundryman. At the age Of
IS he enlisted in the Austrian army
and served until he came to America
twelve years later. He then settled
at LaPorte, Indiana, and the same
year was married to Miss Teresa
Weidman, a native of Bavaria. OF
this happy union ten children were
born, eight daughters and two sons,
all of whom are surviving their
mother and father but two, Mrs.
j. p. McElfatrick, and still another
daughter, Teresa. who was drowned
while skating about twelve years ago.
The surviving children are; Miss
Oecelia Hanna, secretary of the Earl
ington Machine Works; Michael
Hanna, Jr, general manager; Mrs.
John Brien, of Evansville; Miss AL
ma Hanna. who is a trained nurse in
ST. Thomas Hospital, Nashville;
Miss Antoinette Hanna, who holds
responsible government position in
Tacoma. Wash; and Misses Amelia
and Veronica Hanna. John, the
youngest son, is student at Norte
Dame University in Indiana. All
came home to pay the last sad rites
to their beloved father, except Miss
Nettie, who was unable to reach here
on account Of the great distance.
Funeral services were held at the
church Of the Immaculate Concep'
ton, of which he was a devout mem
Der, on Monday morning and was
attended by large number of sor-
rowing relatives and friends Rev.
Father O'Connor, of Louisville and
Walsh, of Hopkinsville, conducted
solemn high mass, which was fol-
lowed by burial in the Darlington
cemetery. The pallbea1ers were
Messrs C M. Henry, Thos. Blair,
Dan Umstead, Douglas O'Bnen,
Or. w. X. Nisbet and A G. Spill
man. six Of his special friends.
Mr. Hanna was we'll and favorably
known both in Hopkins and Chris
tan counties where he has made hi
home for many years, coming tC
Darlington from Madisonyille many
years ago, where he has since re
sided c, 'inuously. He was an in
teresting lker and his Renaissance,
Of the old country were delight t.
his friends. Whenever he vas i'll h,
always used his native Language
which sometimes proved quite puz
cling to members of his family.
The floral emblems, which wen
many and beautiful, were a mute ev
idence of the esteem and friendship
held for this departed citizen by on