Hannelore Paula Knorn was born on June 11, 1931 in Essen, Germany. She spent her childhood with eight siblings surviving as best they could through the great depression. She spent her teen years in war torn Germany and her early adult years under the American occupation. Looking for a brighter future, she and her brother Willie followed their older sister Else to America in 1956.
Fate would bring them to Oak Harbor where Hanna held various jobs before becoming owner and General Manager of the Port Clinton Golf Club. Hanna did everything needed to maintain and manage the course during the season, opening the course at dawn and returning home after the last golfer left at dusk. In 2006, she sold the property to Ducks Unlimited as a nature preserve and visited periodically to enjoy the fields of wildflowers that now cover the property.