Eugene E. Hannemann, 90, of Thousand Oaks, California, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks, California, with the Rev. Steve Herder officiating.
Interment followed at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
Hannemann was born Nov. 22, 1923, in the Cave Creek community of Gillespie County, the son of Fred Hannemann and Caecilia Sagebiel Hannemann. He married Margaret Burnette on July 22, 1950, in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She preceded him in death on April 12, 2014.
A 1943 Fredericksburg High School graduate, Hannemann enlisted in the United States Navy and was deployed to the South Pacific.
After the war, he attended Texas Lutheran College in Seguin where he received a bachelor of arts degree in history.
In 1952, the Hannemanns moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he earned his master’s degree of divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary.
Hannemann was ordained in June 1956 at Zion Lutheran Church and then served as a chaplain in the United States Air Force until his retirement in 1975.
Afterwards, he served parishes in King City, Ojai and Sun City, California.
He also did volunteer work as a hospital chaplain and was a member of Lions and Retired Military Officers.
Hannemann is survived by four children and spouses, including Kathleen and John Lenhardt, Apple Valley, California; Neil Hannemann, Carlsbad, California; Anita and Morley Cohen, Thousand Oaks, California, and Sue and Terry Gill, Parkville, Missouri, and 10 grandchildren.
He is also survived by a brother and sister-in-law, August and Pauline Hannemann, San Antonio, and two sisters-in-law, Dorthy Hannemann and Claribel Hannemann, both of Fredericksburg.
In addition to his wife and parents, Hannemann was preceded in death by six brothers, including Paul, Hans, Ernst, Raymond, Waldemar and Frederick Hannemann; and two sisters, Anita Hannemann and Cora, Mrs. Hilmar Dittmar.
Memorials may be made to Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), 533 W. Uwchlan Ave., Downingtown, PA 19335.