RIP Bob Hanneman
Dec. 16th, 2023 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeBob Hanneman, owner of the Hanneman Service towing and propane, passed away a few days ago after a battle with colon cancer. He was 64, but looked at least ten years younger. Bob was one of the first people we met in Fernley, interacting with him and his business due to breaking down on our way to Fernley to have a look at property there, especially the house that we eventually ended up buying.
This morning, North Lyon County Fire Station 61 moved its equipment outside and opened its doors for a memorial service for Bob.
Bob's tow truck was often the first way people met Bob, and it was parked inside for the service.
We were sitting about one-third of the way back, and the firehouse was full. There must have been more than 100 people and possibly more than 200 people present.
Members of Bob's family and some friends got up and spoke about him. His brother-in-law explained his connection to the fire station. When he was young, Fernley was a volunteer-only fire department, with no standing staff, and a siren that could be heard throughout the town was on top of the station. When a fire call came in, the dispatcher would call Hanneman Service (owned then by Bob's father), and young Bob would go across the street to sound the fire alarm. In like of the family's support of the department it's no wonder that when the department got its newest rescue/ambulance vehicle, they named it In Honor of the Hanneman Family.
We stayed for an hour, but being the only masked people in a crowd of unmasked people, and with her not having much sleep last night, Lisa was very uncomfortable. (The metal folding chairs were uncomfortable, too.) So we made our way out when they started a slide show about Bob's life and before the reception afterwards, making our way home.
Bob was a fine person, and always interested in our stories of our travels. We used his AAA services four times (including the first visit I mentioned above), and his shop is where we buy our propane. When he went into the hospital for the cancer, we feared the worst, and unfortunately the fears were justified. He was a fine person, and one of only few friends we had here in Fernley. We will miss him, and it's clear than hundreds of people in our small town will as well. Fernley is diminished by his passing.
This morning, North Lyon County Fire Station 61 moved its equipment outside and opened its doors for a memorial service for Bob.
Bob's tow truck was often the first way people met Bob, and it was parked inside for the service.
We were sitting about one-third of the way back, and the firehouse was full. There must have been more than 100 people and possibly more than 200 people present.
Members of Bob's family and some friends got up and spoke about him. His brother-in-law explained his connection to the fire station. When he was young, Fernley was a volunteer-only fire department, with no standing staff, and a siren that could be heard throughout the town was on top of the station. When a fire call came in, the dispatcher would call Hanneman Service (owned then by Bob's father), and young Bob would go across the street to sound the fire alarm. In like of the family's support of the department it's no wonder that when the department got its newest rescue/ambulance vehicle, they named it In Honor of the Hanneman Family.
We stayed for an hour, but being the only masked people in a crowd of unmasked people, and with her not having much sleep last night, Lisa was very uncomfortable. (The metal folding chairs were uncomfortable, too.) So we made our way out when they started a slide show about Bob's life and before the reception afterwards, making our way home.
Bob was a fine person, and always interested in our stories of our travels. We used his AAA services four times (including the first visit I mentioned above), and his shop is where we buy our propane. When he went into the hospital for the cancer, we feared the worst, and unfortunately the fears were justified. He was a fine person, and one of only few friends we had here in Fernley. We will miss him, and it's clear than hundreds of people in our small town will as well. Fernley is diminished by his passing.
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