Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 23 Mar 2007 LOVELAND, Colo. - Mary Magdalena "Lena" Gannon, 108, of Loveland, Colo., died March 21, 2007, at Sierra Vista Health Care Center. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, March 26, at St. John's Catholic Church followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Joseph Hartmann officiating. Interment will be at Loveland Burial Park. Viewing will be at the Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. and prior to the rosary service Monday. Memorial contributions to St. John's Catholic Church of charity of donor's choice in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home, 1102 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, CO 80537. Lena was born Dec. 14, 1898, to Matthias Schaefer and Josephine Sieper in Okarche, Oklahoma. She spent her early years there and came to the Denver area in 1922. She married George Edward "Ed" Gannon in Denver on Oct. 25, 1934. For many years, she assisted her husband in the insurance business in Scottsbluff. After his retirement, they moved to Loveland in 1947. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Council of Catholic Women, and the Legion of Mary. Lena loved her large, extended family, her Church, and until a few years ago, participated in church activities and bridge clubs. Lena has been an inspiration, role model, good friend and neighbor, and will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Dorothy Gannon Randell of Green Valley, Ariz., and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1969 and all of her brothers and sisters.