To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in South Dakota, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 11/17/09 • Approved: 12/21/20 • Last Updated: 12/24/20 • R31283-G31282-S3
John A. Hahn was born on Dec. 3, 1899 to Henry and Dorothea Hoelzer Hahn at Pawpaw, Ill. As a young boy he moved with his parents to Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota where he received his education in rural Miner County schools. He was married to Frances Voeltz on June 26, 1923 at Howard. He farmed in Roswell, Howard, Orland and Chester areas and in 1943 moved to a farm near Colman. In 1966 he moved to Sioux Falls where he has since made his home. He was a member of the Colman Lutheran Church.
He is survived by six sons, Amos, Worthing, South Dakota; John Jr., Minneapolis; Willard, Torrance, CA; Rodney, Fullerton, CA; Miles, Humboldt, South Dakota and Morty, Colman, South Dakota; four daughters, Ardis, Mrs. Clarence Christensen, Minneapolis; Delda, Mrs. Darlow Inber, San Antonio, TX; Sandra, Mrs. Jim Hanson, El Segundo, CA; Lana Hahn, Edmonds, WA; 38 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren; two brothers Adam and Conrad Hahn, both of Howard; three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth McCain, WA; Mrs. Susie Gullickson and Mrs. Rosena Lee both of Howard. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, three brothers and one sister.
Date of Death: July 30, 1981
Age: 81 years, 6 months, 27 days
Final Resting Place: Colman Cemetery, Colman, South Dakota
Bearers: Troy Hahn, Curt Hahn, Bryon Hahn, John Hahn, Terry Hahn, Charles Dose
Contributed on 11/17/09
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 31283