David (AKA Renny to the Cozad citizens) Hanna passed away in Saline, Michigan, on January 25th, 2021. He was born to Eldred and Lorane Hanna on December 29th, 1932, in Trinidad, Colorado.
The family moved to Cozad when Dave was a 2nd grader in 1940 as his parents bought and managed the W.J.O’Connor’s Store. He graduated with the Cozad High School class of 1950. After high school he spent one year at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri, before transferring to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where he graduated in 1954 with a business administration degree.