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Service:
August 12, 2017 at a 3:30 p.m. at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Blooming-Normal, located at
1613 E Emerson St, Bloomington
Obituary
Helen Edith Hannah died on July 5, 2017 in Normal,
Illinois. Helen was 92.
Helen Hannah was born on January 16, 1925 in
Zanesville, OH, to William Webster and Ethel
Cunningham. She attended the Sherwood School of
Music in Chicago, where she played with the Chicago
Youth Symphony. Helen then returned to Ohio to
finish her degree of Music Education at Ohio
University in Athens. She married Lewis D. Hannah
(Duncan) in 1950. Helen and Duncan moved to Lincoln,
Illinois in 1965 where she taught music for more
than 40 years in the Lincoln Elementary and High
Schools. She retired in 2005.
Helen was a lifelong music enthusiast. She played
violin with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the
Peoria Symphony Orchestra and many others. She also
conducted the Lincoln Orchestra and played in pit
orchestras for countless musical theater productions
in Lincoln, Illinois for the Lincoln Community
Theater. Helen also enjoyed teaching piano and
string to many private students.
Helen is preceded in death by her husband Duncan
Hannah, and is survived by all of their six
children, Samuel (Cherrie), Stephen, Elbert (Anna),
Kenneth (Janet), Michael (Nancy) and Carol (John)
Calkin. She is also survived by nine grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
Helen Hannah’s life will be celebrated on August 12,
2017 at a 3:30 p.m. memorial service held in her
honor at her church, the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Blooming-Normal, located at 1613 E Emerson
St, Bloomington, IL 61701. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Bloomington-Normal or Lincoln Community
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