Origins of Jeannine Tour (8): Hanover

On November 29, 2016 by Judy Nichols With 6 Comments - Origins of Jeannine Tour, Our wanderings

Hanover's main street, a street that was always sparkling with lights and candy-cane decorations as we crested the hill for our annual Christmas visit.
Mom's mother, Ida, as a young woman.
The historic Pony Express station near Hanover, where Dad proposed to Mom.
Mom, on the step of the Pony Express station, showing her ring finger.
Me sitting on Dad's lap and Nancy on Mom's at the age when we visited Hanover every summer and at Christmas.
Mom outside Hanover Hospital, where she was the first nurse and the only one at the time.
Mom with nurses now working at Hanover Hospital.
Mom with Roger and Linda Warren, the husband and wife doctor team in front of Hanover Hospital.
Grain silos at the beginning of the road to Grandma's house.
Mom on the road in front of the yard where Grandma's house once stood.
Longhorn cattle now grazing at the end of Grandma's road.
Mom and I outside Ricky's Cafe.
My roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy at Ricky's. Yummmmm.
Mom putting Dorthy Lynch on her salad at Ricky's Cafe.
Crackers and Dorthy Lynch make a perfect salad at Ricky's Cafe.
Hanover's school, where Mom's dad was the superintendent, principal, coach and taught math and science.
Me on the merry-go-round that my sister, Nancy, and I would play on at Hanover's City Park.
Mom with Nancy and I at the age when we visited Hanover a lot.
The swimming pool that m grandfather helped build in Hanover.
The sign in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church that always lists the hymns for the day.
Mom and Dad walking the aisle in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church.
You may kiss the bride.
Mom and Dad and their wedding party, which included Doris Payne, mom's roommate at the University of Kansas, Bob Kokrda, who married my father's sister, and Hal, Mom's brother.
The reception line, with my dad grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
Mom at the beginning of the aisle she traversed to get married in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church.
Mom and Jesus in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church, where she was married and we attended my grandmother's funeral.
The lovely wooden pews in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church.
Hymnals on the back of the pews in Hanover's Zion Lutheran Church, unchanged since i was a kid.

This summer we took Mom in The Epic Van on a tour of all her old Kansas haunts. We’re calling it the Origins of Jeannine Tour.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8

Hanover is where my mother’s memories merge with mine and my sister’s. It is where her parents, Harley and Ida Prichard, moved while she was in college, and it is the place I visited every summer and Christmas until we moved to Hawaii when I was in junior high. For me, it is inseparable from my fun-loving, adventurous, industrious grandparents.

Hanover, Kansas

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