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Harry V. Hahn, 65, of Mount Pulaski, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, at 1 p.m. at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with John Robertson officiating. Burial will be at Mount Pulaski Cemetery, with military rites at the graveside. Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 14, 2000. from 5 to 7 p.m.at the funeral home. Hahn was retired from Caterpillar at Decatur. He was also a well-known Abraham Lincoln impersonator He was born April 14, 1934, at Mount Pulaski, a son of Boyd and Clara Deavers Hahn. He married Donna Olmstead Jan. 28, 1955, at Mount Pulaski. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Annette (and Duane) Blaum of Mount Pulaski and Teresa Hahn, all of Mount Pulaski; one son, Steve Hahn of Mount Pulaski; two brothers, Herschel (and Mary) Hahn of Mount Pulaski and Boyd (and Flossie) Hahn Jr. of Fort Mohave, Ariz.; three sisters, Doris (and Robert) Faith of Lincoln, Lois (and Gene) Byrne of Chestnut and Leota (and Buss) Lamar of Mount Pulaski; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by both parents; one daughter, Rebecca Hahn Hummel; and one sister, Helena Teichmann. He was a nationally known Abraham Lincoln look-alike, winning several competitions including the look-alike contest at the 1981 Lincolnfest in Springfield and the 1982 Hodgenville, Ky., contest. Hahn has a photo of himself as "Abe" in "Heroes, Honchos, and Humdingers," by Toby McDaniel. The book is a 30-year accumulation of pictures and memorabilia of Toby McDaniel’s newspaper column. He also appears in a book titled, "Moments In Time" by the Associated Press. Memorials may be made to Mount Pulaski Township Historical Society Museum, American Heart Association or American Cancer Society.
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William F. Fields, 79, of rural Atlanta, died at 12:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Quiram Funeral Home, Atlanta. Andy Glass will officiate. Burial will be in Niblick Cemetery, rural Atlanta, with military rites conducted by the Atlanta American Legion Gresham-Crutchley Post #341. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Fields was a retired plumber. He was a member of and worked out of the Plumber and Steamfitters Union Local #137 in Springfield. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II, having served in the European theatre. He was born Oct. 25, 1921, at Pitcher, Okla. Surviving is a cousin, Dorothy Sawby of Mississippi. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
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