Rosemarie E. Hanley, 79, who worked for Douglas Aircraft during World War II, died of colon cancer Tuesday, Jan. 21, in her home in Chicago. Mrs. Hanley was born and raised in Chicago. She was a homemaker who went to work for Douglas to support the family when her husband, Kenneth, was called to war. She helped produce planes, riveting and soldering and drilling for the aircraft producer, which later became McDonnell Douglas. “She could do so many different things,” said her daughter Mary Lou Baumann. “She got married when she was 16. She and my father were childhood sweethearts.” With her brother and her mother, Mrs. Hanley worked at a family owned Chicago diner called Marie’s for 10 years. She also ran a catering business, cooking for weddings and banquets for about 12 years, her daughter said. In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Hanley is survived by another daughter, Rosemarie Schumacher; two sons, Kenneth and William; a sister, Letitia Stahnke; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 9:15 a.m. Friday in Cooney Funeral Home, 625 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, followed by mass at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church, 7211 W. Talcott Ave., Chicago.
