Ann Schoonover Danly of River Forest, Illinois, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2016, in her home in Naples, FL.
Ann Danly, née Annamae Schoonover, was born in Seattle, Washington on February 9, 1917 to parents Anna Radokaviç Schoonover and David Newton Schoonover. She was graduated from the University of Washington in Drama in 1938. She then traveled to New York City to begin a Master’s Degree program at Columbia University where she met and became engaged to James Clough Danly, a senior at Yale University. Unknown to her, Ann’s mother had enrolled her in the Miss Washington state pageant. Ann won. As Miss Washington, she travelled across the country to compete in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City where she won second runner-up. She and James were married two months later on November 23, 1939.
Ann and James raised eight children in River Forest, Illinois, where Ann was a homemaker, avid gardener, loving mother, and true partner to her husband. James went into his father’s machine tool business in Cicero, which later grew into Danly Machine Corporation. Ann took up a successful modeling career in Chicago after her youngest child was in school. She and James retired to Naples, Florida in 1987.
Ann loved to laugh and was a woman of strong character. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a strict disciplinarian. She expressed her opinions freely and was a frequent contributor to the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune. She spent her retirement years writing, and published a book entitled Picking Up Pennies, a guide to every-day tips on saving money, based on her own experiences during and after the Great Depression.
Ann is survived by her eight children, Diana, Jim, Linda, Anne, Michael, Maria, Lisa, and Laura, six grandchildren, Lisa, Michelle, James, Erin, Pierre, and Alexander, and two great-grandchildren, Tyler and James. Ann was also loved by many neighborhood children who came to play at the pink and white house at 1418 Clinton Place in River Forest, and who thought of her as a second mother. She is predeceased by her husband, James, who passed in 2005.
Ann Danly, née Annamae Schoonover, was born in Seattle, Washington on February 9, 1917 to parents Anna Radokaviç Schoonover and David Newton Schoonover. She was graduated from the University of Washington in Drama in 1938. She then traveled to New York City to begin a Master’s Degree program at Columbia University where she met and became engaged to James Clough Danly, a senior at Yale University. Unknown to her, Ann’s mother had enrolled her in the Miss Washington state pageant. Ann won. As Miss Washington, she travelled across the country to compete in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City where she won second runner-up. She and James were married two months later on November 23, 1939.
Ann and James raised eight children in River Forest, Illinois, where Ann was a homemaker, avid gardener, loving mother, and true partner to her husband. James went into his father’s machine tool business in Cicero, which later grew into Danly Machine Corporation. Ann took up a successful modeling career in Chicago after her youngest child was in school. She and James retired to Naples, Florida in 1987.
Ann loved to laugh and was a woman of strong character. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a strict disciplinarian. She expressed her opinions freely and was a frequent contributor to the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune. She spent her retirement years writing, and published a book entitled Picking Up Pennies, a guide to every-day tips on saving money, based on her own experiences during and after the Great Depression.
Ann is survived by her eight children, Diana, Jim, Linda, Anne, Michael, Maria, Lisa, and Laura, six grandchildren, Lisa, Michelle, James, Erin, Pierre, and Alexander, and two great-grandchildren, Tyler and James. Ann was also loved by many neighborhood children who came to play at the pink and white house at 1418 Clinton Place in River Forest, and who thought of her as a second mother. She is predeceased by her husband, James, who passed in 2005.
Ann Schoonover Danly of River Forest, Illinois, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2016, in her home in Naples, FL.
Ann Danly, née Annamae Schoonover, was born in Seattle, Washington on February 9, 1917 to parents Anna Radokaviç Schoonover and David Newton Schoonover. She was graduated from the University of Washington in Drama in 1938. She then traveled to New York City to begin a Master’s Degree program at Columbia University where she met and became engaged to James Clough Danly, a senior at Yale University. Unknown to her, Ann’s mother had enrolled her in the Miss Washington state pageant. Ann won. As Miss Washington, she travelled across the country to compete in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City where she won second runner-up. She and James were married two months later on November 23, 1939.
Ann and James raised eight children in River Forest, Illinois, where Ann was a homemaker, avid gardener, loving mother, and true partner to her husband. James went into his father’s machine tool business in Cicero, which later grew into Danly Machine Corporation. Ann took up a successful modeling career in Chicago after her youngest child was in school. She and James retired to Naples, Florida in 1987.
Ann loved to laugh and was a woman of strong character. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a strict disciplinarian. She expressed her opinions freely and was a frequent contributor to the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune. She spent her retirement years writing, and published a book entitled Picking Up Pennies, a guide to every-day tips on saving money, based on her own experiences during and after the Great Depression.
Ann is survived by her eight children, Diana, Jim, Linda, Anne, Michael, Maria, Lisa, and Laura, six grandchildren, Lisa, Michelle, James, Erin, Pierre, and Alexander, and two great-grandchildren, Tyler and James. Ann was also loved by many neighborhood children who came to play at the pink and white house at 1418 Clinton Place in River Forest, and who thought of her as a second mother. She is predeceased by her husband, James, who passed in 2005.
Ann Danly, née Annamae Schoonover, was born in Seattle, Washington on February 9, 1917 to parents Anna Radokaviç Schoonover and David Newton Schoonover. She was graduated from the University of Washington in Drama in 1938. She then traveled to New York City to begin a Master’s Degree program at Columbia University where she met and became engaged to James Clough Danly, a senior at Yale University. Unknown to her, Ann’s mother had enrolled her in the Miss Washington state pageant. Ann won. As Miss Washington, she travelled across the country to compete in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City where she won second runner-up. She and James were married two months later on November 23, 1939.
Ann and James raised eight children in River Forest, Illinois, where Ann was a homemaker, avid gardener, loving mother, and true partner to her husband. James went into his father’s machine tool business in Cicero, which later grew into Danly Machine Corporation. Ann took up a successful modeling career in Chicago after her youngest child was in school. She and James retired to Naples, Florida in 1987.
Ann loved to laugh and was a woman of strong character. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a strict disciplinarian. She expressed her opinions freely and was a frequent contributor to the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune. She spent her retirement years writing, and published a book entitled Picking Up Pennies, a guide to every-day tips on saving money, based on her own experiences during and after the Great Depression.
Ann is survived by her eight children, Diana, Jim, Linda, Anne, Michael, Maria, Lisa, and Laura, six grandchildren, Lisa, Michelle, James, Erin, Pierre, and Alexander, and two great-grandchildren, Tyler and James. Ann was also loved by many neighborhood children who came to play at the pink and white house at 1418 Clinton Place in River Forest, and who thought of her as a second mother. She is predeceased by her husband, James, who passed in 2005.
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