Geneva T. Hanges

Hanges, Geneva T.

Geneva T. Hanges, age 79, of Appleton, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Appleton Medical Center. She was born February 16, 1929, to the late Mathias and Valesca (Stommel) Hopfensperger, in Darboy and had been an area resident all of her life. Geneva loved flowers and was a long time florist at Kimberly Flowers and Reynebeau Floral. She married John J. Hanges on August 5, 1948. Geneva is survived by her children, Linda (Dale) Spoehr, Colorado Springs, CO; Jonathon (Chris) Hanges, Kimberly; Keith (Mary) Hanges, Darboy; Tina Ferro, Appleton: her grandchildren, Rebecca, Joseph, Michael, Joshua, Jessica, Jared, Emily, Adam and Courtney: her great grandchildren, Thomas, Patrick, Domannik, Kalaeb, Shjon, Lain and Kali. She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Hanges, September 2, 2007. Funeral services for Geneva will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the funeral home with Reverend Kurt Kovanan officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11:00 am, until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Wendy Voight/Christine Berry Memorial Scholarship, UW-Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190.

Wichmann Funeral Home
Tri County Chapel
3212 S. Oneida Street
Menasha 831-9905
www.wichmannfargo.com