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 »
Frank & Matthew Berschens General Merchandise Store Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Horses lined the street on a Farmer’s Fair Dayabout 1910 as the farmers and their wagons congregated in front of the BerschensBros. General Merchandise Store (Frank and Matt). At the time the street wasMenomonee Ave, but today it is Lannon Road. Berschens… Read more »
Sussex-Lannon quarryman J. Dale Dawson dies at 83 One of the great stone barons of Sussex and Lannon, J. Dale Dawson, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at age 83. By FRED H KELLER Sussex Sun, Posted: July 9, 2008 One of the great stone barons of Sussex and Lannon, J. Dale Dawson, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at age 83…. Read more »
Dennis McCarty Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Dennis McCarty b. circa 1805-10 inCounty Cork, Ireland, d. Feb., 1848; (At an early age he landed in Quebec,Canada, then moved to New York state for 12 years, he came to the Town ofMenomonee in 1842 , which became part of Waukesha County whenthe Milwaukee County Territory split in… Read more »
Dubnicka Family Dubnicka was local multi-sport star ByFred Keller Posted Living Sussex Sun, March 10, 2015 A Lannon, Butler and Fussville man larger than life, Rudolph “Rudy” J. Dubnicka passed away Feb. 9, survived by seven children, 20 grandchildren and 24 great grand children, with many still living in the immediate area. He was 87 years old. Dubnicka stood out… Read more »
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 »
Edward Lannon Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/01/2005 Lennan, Lennon, Lannan, Lannon, Linnane: Variations of the Gaelic name Ó’Leannáin. Lennon – Ó Leannáin. A number of western O’Leanáins (one ‘n’) eventually became Leonards. Lennan, Lennon, Lannan, Lannon, Linnane. Fermanagh, Mayo and Galway. Lannon – A Kilkenny version of Lennon. Lennon – Sometimes Lennan. From O’Leannáin (leann… Read more »
