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Norman Leonard Hahn

Grants Pass, OR, USA

October 17, 1934 - September 8, 2020

Oct 17, 1934 - Sep 8, 2020

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Norman L. Hahn was born Oct 17, 1934 in Casper, WY to Leonard L. Hahn & Lillian (Short) Hahn (both deceased). He died September 8, 2020 in Grants Pass, Oregon from cancer and is a Vietnam veteran. He was the oldest of 5 siblings, Dean, Gerald, Jack, and Bonnie, all deceased. Norman attended Lincoln School and Roosevelt High School in Port Angeles, WA & Neah Bay High School, Neah Bay, WA where he graduated in 1952. While in high school, he participated in Track & Field and football. He also studied mechanical drawing, attended Wood Shop, Auto Shop and worked in the Blacksmith Shop in Neah Bay. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and pulled many a salmon from the Pacific Northwest waters. He met his first wife, Elizabeth June Conkey (1938-2013), in Neah Bay, WA while in high school. They were married in 1953 (divorced in 1967) and had 5 children, Bryan, David, Douglas (died at birth), James and Janet. Norman and his children share many fond memories of camping trips across Alaska, Washington, and beyond, including treks up and down the Al-Can highway.

He enlisted in the US Navy December 8, 1953 and was stationed in San Diego, CA, Tongue Point, Astoria, OR, and served on the USS Hornet CVA 12 from Sept. 1954 – November 1957. He was discharged on October 3, 1957. The following year he enlisted in the US Air Force, and served at Fairchild Air Base near Spokane WA, (1958 – 1960), and then was stationed in Spain 1960-1963. From there he went to Vandenberg AFB, CA, Cold Bay, Alaska, McClellan AFB, CA, Pagan Islands in the Marianas, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, ending his military career as a Master Sergeant in Mountain Home, Idaho, where he was discharged with honor on Oct. 1, 1974. Norman proudly served his country for over 20 years. After leaving the service, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska and worked at Prudhoe Bay, on the Alaska Pipeline as an electrician for many years. While there, he met and married Marilynn Miller Webb in 1975, extending his family to include several grown step-children, including Peggy Webb, James Webb , and Dan Webb ( deceased), and step-grandchildren, including Callie J. Ochap, and Christopher Ochap, both of Anchorage, AK. Norman and Marilynn lived and worked in Alaska for many years until his retirement from the Pipeline. Afterwards, they left Alaska behind and settled in Williams, Oregon, where they built a custom log cabin on acreage just outside of Grants Pass, Oregon. Norman and Marilynn spent many years there and were married for over 45 years. She survives him, along with his four children Bryan E. Hahn (Susan), of Port Angeles, WA; David Hahn, and, Jimmy Hahn (Dawn), both of Beaver, WA; and Janet Hahn, of Sequim, WA. Also surviving are grandchildren Benjamin Hahn (Amber), of Anchorage AK, Bridgette H. Copple (Kenny) of Port Angeles, WA; Steven Wiggins (Sara), of Sequim, WA; & Libby W. Campbell (Michael) of Idaho; and 6 great-grandchildren and other nieces and nephews. Norman will be cremated in Oregon and a private family gathering will be held at a later date.

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