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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Nancy M. Hahn of Springfield, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on May 5, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn, the daughter of Mercedes and Robert | ||||||
| 6 | McHugh, was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 25, | ||||||
| 7 | 1932; she graduated from Ursuline Academy in St. Louis, | ||||||
| 8 | Missouri; she and her family moved to Springfield in 1951; she | ||||||
| 9 | attended Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri and | ||||||
| 10 | Saint Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota; she | ||||||
| 11 | received a Master of Arts from University of Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Springfield; she married Carl H. Becker Jr. in 1956, and they | ||||||
| 13 | had three children and were married for 30 years before their | ||||||
| 14 | divorce; she later married Ralph C. Hahn; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn was a member of the Springfield Junior | ||||||
| 16 | League, where she served as a docent at the Illinois State | ||||||
| 17 | Museum for many years and participated as a guide in all | ||||||
| 18 | Abraham Lincoln historical events; she was also active in many | ||||||
| 19 | other organizations, including as a lifetime member of the | ||||||
| 20 | Lincoln Memorial Garden, a leader of a Land of Lincoln Girl | ||||||
| 21 | Scout troop, and a member of the University of Illinois Alumni | ||||||
| 22 | Advisory Board, the University of Illinois Springfield | ||||||
| 23 | Chancellor's Circle, the Women for Women of Springfield | ||||||
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| 1 | Community Foundation, the EO Chapter of the Philanthropic | ||||||
| 2 | Educational Organization, the Springfield Art Association | ||||||
| 3 | Board of Directors, Illini Country Club, and the Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Women's Golf Association's traveling golf team, where she once | ||||||
| 5 | won a longest drive competition; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn was a member of Blessed Sacrament | ||||||
| 7 | Parish, where she frequently prepared food for the priests, | ||||||
| 8 | and she was also a founding member of Christ the King Parish; | ||||||
| 9 | and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn enjoyed walking her dogs, gardening, | ||||||
| 11 | watercolor painting, bird-watching, entertaining, cooking, | ||||||
| 12 | golfing, hiking, boating, art collecting, going to museums | ||||||
| 13 | with her son, John, and traveling, including taking | ||||||
| 14 | bird-watching trips to Belize and Costa Rica and bringing | ||||||
| 15 | groups to cooking school and on barge trips in France; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn was forever young at heart, and she | ||||||
| 17 | lived true to her values of family, friends, faith, community, | ||||||
| 18 | and philanthropy; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Nancy Hahn was preceded in death by two husbands | ||||||
| 20 | and one grandchild; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS Nancy Hahn was the mother of Ann Marie "Aimee" | ||||||
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| 1 | (Steve Heaviland) Lanphere, Martha (Dr. Dwight) Hirsch, and | ||||||
| 2 | John Carl Becker; the grandmother of four; and the | ||||||
| 3 | great-grandmother of three; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | Nancy M. Hahn and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 7 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further | ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Nancy Hahn as an expression of our | ||||||
| 11 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||