Jean Hanan

Lucretia Jean Hanan, 94, formerly of Gaithersburg, Maryland died peacefully on June 20, 2016 at Taylor Farm Assisted Living in Bushwood, Maryland. Born on April 4, 1922 in Hopedale Ohio, she was the daughter of George Allen Barricklow and Ethel Lucretia Stringer Barricklow. Jean was the Valedictorian at Hopedale High School. She graduated from Ohio University, and served as the Director of the Westminster Foundation. Her first teaching job was in Carrollton, Ohio. She met Rev. Benton Roy Hanan Jr. at Columbia University in New York City. They married in Athens, Ohio in 1946. Jean and Ben moved to Morgantown, West Virginia where Ben accepted the ministry for the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Jean and Ben raised three sons and established Christian education outreach programs that brought new life to the to the Morgantown church community.
The Hanan family relocated to Lawrence, Kansas in 1959 to begin a ministry at the First Christian Church, and Jean gave birth to daughter Kim, earned a MS degree in Education at the University of Kansas, resumed teaching at Lawrence High School, and continued working with Ben to minister to the community. Jean and Ben relocated in 1974 to Gaithersburg, Maryland, where Ben became the minister at the Rockville Christian Church. She continued to support Ben’s ministry and was as a Reading Specialist at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
Jean worked selflessly over the years serving her students, church, community and family. She headed up countless church committees, taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. After her retirement, she volunteered her time cooking for a food pantry in Rockville, Maryland. She loved hiking, entertaining, and traveling to visit friends and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ben, brother, Dale Barricklow and sister, Betty Lax. Jean is survived by her sons, Barry Hanan of Lakeside, California, Brad Hanan of Petaluma, California, Mark Hanan of New Orleans, Louisiana, her daughter, Kim Richards of Brandywine, Maryland and her sister, Delores Kast of Canton, Ohio. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and eleven great¬grandchildren.
The family will gather privately to celebrate Jean’s life.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Disciples Church Extension Fund, P.O. Box 7030, Indianapolis, IN 46207.
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