AUBURN — Westford (Wes) Milton Hannan, 79, of Greene, passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early-morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Hospice House in Auburn, after a long, courageous battle with chronic lung disease.

Born April 12, 1938, he was the son of Chester “Fes” and Alma Hannan. Wes grew up in Union and graduated from Union High School in 1956. He was a former member of the Elks Lodge in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the Santa Barbara Masonic Lodge No. 192 F and A.M.

Wes held various careers over the years, delivering milk for Round Top Dairy, cutting meat and managing stores for First National Stores, owned and operated the Four Winds Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor and managed several other restaurants in the Santa Barbara, Calif., area. In the later part of his career, he was employed as a tour bus driver for Santa Barbara Air Bus in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he lived for several years.

Wes so enjoyed spending time with his family and family pets. He was an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan. He enjoyed playing on his laptop computer and watching shows on his big-screen TV. He was a self-taught computer and DirecTV guru, and in earlier years he was an avid golfer.

Wes will be very sadly missed by his son, Mark Hannan and his wife, Dawna of Greene with whom he lived for the past 10 years; son, Milton Hannan and wife, Tammy of Las Vegas, Nev.; son, Brett Hannan and his longtime companion, Yvette Martin of Crystal River, Fla.; nieces, Ramona and Jed Dennison of Rockland, Barbara Howes and her husband, Earl of Jefferson and Port Richey, Fla., Wanda Gamage-Wyman and her husband, Joe of Union, and Donna Pottle of Wiscasset; granddaughter, Nichole Hannan of Damariscotta; grandsons, Kyle and Josh Hannan of Damariscotta; granddaughters, Elizabeth Kiker and her husband, Will of Charlotte, N.C., Bobbi Burson and her husband, Richard of Key Largo, Fla. and Toni Manning and her husband, Scott of Tilton, N.H., Nicole Harrington of Las Vegas, Nev. and Josh Harrington, Delray Beach, Fla.; great-granddaughters, Peyton Hannan, Elyssa, Jennifer and Sarah Manning, Alexandria and Nova Burson, Mia Lopez; and great-grandsons, Ian Manning and Ryder Raffta.

Besides his parents, Wes was predeceased by his sister, Doris Philbrook.

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Westford (Wes) Hannan