Eunice L. Hahn

eunice hahn

January 20, 1924 ~ April 16, 2024

Born in: New Haven, CT
Resided in: Wallingford, CT

Eunice Lillian Hahn, age 100, of Wallingford died April 16, 2024 at CT Hospice in Branford. Born in New Haven, CT on January 20, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Lewis Locke and Edith Lillian Spencer. She is survived by her daughter Edith Hahn Cutler Murphy, her son-in-law William G. Murphy, her granddaughter Jennifer Cutler Sullivan and her husband James Sullivan, Jr., her grandson Dennis Cutler, his wife Angela Ruiz-Cutler, and her great-grandchildren, James Sullivan III, Tiffanie Cutler and Noah Cutler. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and many extended family members who have loved her. She was predeceased by her son, Edward Joseph Hahn, and her brothers, Joseph Locke, Jr., Raymond Locke, Stanley Locke, who died in the war and who received the silver star and purple heart, Ernest Locke, Robert Locke and Warren Locke. Eunice worked at Winchester Repeating Firearms, where she lost half of her first finger and the tips of her middle finger and thumb during the war years. She married Edward Jacob Hahn on January 22, 1946. She and Edward made their home in Hamden, where she lived until September of 2014 when she moved to her own apartment in Silver Pond. She lived there until her death. For many years Eunice was a daycare mom and took care of at least a dozen children. She took care of many children in their own homes and in her late 80s she began staying with a handicapped girl who loved her immensely! Some of them even called her gram. She was an avid knitter and made many afghans. She was also an avid crocheter and made intricate doilies and also embroidered tablecloths. She made and sent counted cross-stitch Christmas cards and beautiful wall-hangings. She was an enthusiastic Night Hawks fan and never missed a game, even riding the bus to the games in New York State. When someone needed a temporary place to live they called Eunice and she gladly opened her door and welcomed them in. She was conscientious, fastidious and hard working. She gardened with her husband and canned countless quarts of tomatoes, pickles and vegetables. She provided for her family, and when her husband became disabled she took good care of him until his death in 1976. She was an inspiration for her daughter and granddaughter. She will be missed.
A Private Graveside Service will be held with her family. A Celebration of her Life will take place at a date to be announced. Arrangements are in care of Beecher & Bennett Funeral Home, Hamden.

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  1. I’m so sorry to hear of your Mom’s passing. She did enjoy a long life.You were lucky to enjoy her company for so long. I know I will always treasure the time with my mom

    • Thank-you. We spent a lot of time with her. Traveled all over with her. When she moved to Wallingford, she was only a couple of miles away. She wanted to live to be 100 years old. It was the last thing on her bucket list. She lived in her own apartment for 10 years with help from my daughter and I. She was extremely independent. Thank-you for your sympathy

  2. Gram was our daycare provider from the late 70s through the mid 90s. She was much more than that though. She was an integral part of our childhood and family. She made the best French toast and grilled cheese. Gram was loving but stern, very much an extension of our parents while they were at work. She introduced us to soap operas and taught us how to knit. She would wait in the driveway in the rain and snow to get us on and off the bus.

    As adults, we would look forward to our embroidered Christmas cards every year. Her beautiful doilies are still found at our parent’s house, adorned on their chairs. Gram made us each an afghan which, to this day 30 years later, we still have and use.

    The last time we saw Gram was at our mother’s funeral two years ago. It meant a lot to us that she came on that day.

    She will be dearly missed and remembered. Thank you for sharing her with our family.

    Love, the Nichols girls (Deborah, Susan, and Katherine)

  3. Eunice was the caregiver for my girls for almost 20 years. She was incredibly reliable and responsible, and I could not have asked for a stronger stand-in while my wife and I were at work. She became a part of our family.

    To this day when I cook a grilled cheese, the girls always say ‘Make sure it tastes as good as Gram’s!’

    Your family will be in my thoughts during this difficult time.

    • Thank-you for the beautiful memory. She thought of you girls as her grandchildren. We started trying to count all the children she had taken care of in her life and got to 35 that we could remember! She loved you girls and talked about you all the time.


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