SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mary Hannahs, 95, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Wesley Health Care Center.
Born on Feb. 20, 1920 in Watertown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harold C. and Merle Howk Jebo. Mrs. Hannahs graduated from Potsdam High School in 1938 and the Crane School of Music at what was then Potsdam State College. It was at the Crane School of Music that she met her future husband, Roger C. Hannahs. They were married at Trinity Episcopal Church in Potsdam on Aug. 10, 1942.
Mrs. Hannahs is predeceased by her husband, Dr. Roger C. Hannahs; two sisters, Betty Kimber of Saratoga Springs, and Nancy Shatraw of Potsdam, and her parents.
She is survived by her daughters, Katherine Whipple and her husband, Gary of New Fairfield, CT, Jennifer Scarano and her husband, Jerry of Saratoga Springs, Cynthia Reedy and her husband Wayne of Scotia, and Jocelyn Hannahs of Enfield, CT; nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mrs. Hannahs’ daughters would like to express their appreciation and gratitude for the compassionate care their mother received by staff and hospice at the Wesley Health Care Center.
A Requiem Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Trinity Episcopal Church, Potsdam, NY. Burial will follow in the family plot at Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam.
