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Miller, Marie Rose

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  Marie Rose Miller By Michael R. Reilly Mom (View some of Marie’s class pictures here)   Marie in 1st Grade, 1933   Marie Rose Miller was born on October 16, 1927, theyoungest childof William Jacob Miller Jr. and Margaret Mary Semrow.  Since she was born too late to start the1st Grade right away in September , 1933, she was… Read more »

Miller, William, Grandpa “Salty”

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By Michael R. Reilly, Grandson, December 10, 1995 Revised October 3, 1996 Last Revision 06/04/04     William Jacob Henry Miller Jr. was born on July 4, 1880 in WestBend to parents William Jacob Henry Miller Sr. and the former Appolonia Immel,daughter of John Immel and Elizabeth Weber.  William had five brothers and onesister that survived beyond the early period of… Read more »

Miller, William (Bill) – Niles, Illinois

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  Bill Miller By Michael R. Reilly Early Childhood     Bill Miller was born on November 10, 1919, the first childof William J. Miller Jr. and Margaret Mary Semrow. People often thought thatBill was the “Jr.” to his father because of the same initials. Themiddle initial J for his father stood for Jacob while Bill’s was John. Bill’sbirth occurred two… Read more »

Miller, Erwin E. “Erv”

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  Erwin E. “Erv” Miller “Greenie” Miller “Father of Lannon Land O’ Lakes Baseball” By Michael R. Reilly, nephew Last Revision 07/02/14     Born in West Bend on August 27, 1907 to parents WilliamJacob Miller, Jr. and Magdalena Vogt. Before his father married, he worked as a typo, settingprint, in the office of the Washington County Pilot. And in 1906he… Read more »

Lannon  Family Images

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Lannon Residents – Past & Present  Images James & Lynn Gissal, Sherry & Bryan Ramona and Keith Gissal c.1997 Sydney and Jeanette Gissal c. 1997 Mary Quartaro c. 1997  

Howard, Isaac

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Isaac S. Howard Family compiled by Mike Reilly 06/04/04     The following is the presently available information aboutthe Howard family and relatives who moved from Vermont and settled in what wasto be later the Village of Lannon. By 1875, Isaac’s mother had died and there’sseems to be little or no trace of the family in the area. So what became… Read more »

Gissal, Louis

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Louis Gissal & Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005     No Gissal listed in the 1909-10 Wright’sDirectory of Waukesha.  1909-10, circa – Henry Gissal, grandfather of KeithGissal, comes to Lannon from Alton, Illinois where operated a small quarry alonga river bank. He was born in Germany. Henry starts up a small quarry offof Townline Rd. between… Read more »

Spranger, Mark

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Village loses great supporter with Spranger’s death By DONNA FRAKE Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Sept. 29, 2009 The Village of Lannon is mourning the loss of business owner and stalwart community activist Mark Spranger. Spranger, 47, who owned Repco Lawn and Garden, died Monday, the victim of an apparent suicide by handgun. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday, according to… Read more »

Flanagan, John J.

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John J. Flanagan Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 When John J. Flanagan Sr. was postmaster (andduring his son’s reign beginning in 1912) in Lannon there was a John F. Flanaganin the Town of Summit who was postmaster there from 1901-1922 ( also a JohnFlanagan, of Mapleton, obit June 16, 1862 from the Oconomowoc Free… Read more »

Harmon Family in Lannon

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The Harmon family in Lannon by Fred H. Keller Posted: Retrospect, Living Sussex Sun, Jan. 4, 2011 1:28 p.m. Glenn D. Harmon, 1898-1963, served as the second Lannon Village President from 1932-36. He was the grandson of an 1842 pioneer to the Lannon area as he originally applied for a homestead 160 acres on the north side of Good Hope… Read more »