Virginia R. Hann 1923-2020

Virginia was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Paugh.

Virginia graduated from Austintown Fitch High School in 1941, studied at Youngstown College and then worked as a laboratory technician at U.S. Steel. For the World War II effort, she shipped tools to the Army overseas from Lordstown Ordnance Depot.

In 1946, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics from The Ohio State University.

Virginia interned at the U.S. Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y., supervised at Johns Hopkins in Boston and worked at Fairview Park Hospital in Cleveland and at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital as a registered dietitian.

From 1961 to her retirement in 1971, Virginia headed the Austintown public schools’ lunch program, designing the cafeteria for Fitch High School and supervising seven district schools. Virginia developed perpetual menus and recipes that continued to be used by the Austintown Local School District well after she retired.

Summers and full time since 1971, she worked at St. Elizabeth Hospital until retiring March 31, 1986, the same day her husband, Howard, retired.

At home, cooking balanced meals with Howard’s garden vegetables and baking pie, cake or cookies for desert were her prime focus. Her fried fish from summer fishing at Lake Erie (Port Clinton and Ashtabula) or winter fishing at Lake Pierce (Lake Wales, Fla.) was delicious, and she painstakingly prepared rabbit and pheasant from Howard’s autumn hunting.

Trips with family and friends to Arizona, Florida, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Ontario, Quebec and Europe were enjoyed by all.

Virginia was a member of Smith Corners United Methodist Church in Austintown. She was an avid reader and enjoyed playing 500 bid, Skip-Bo, dominoes and bingo.

Deeply missing their beloved mother are her three children, Donald (Paula) Hann, Gerald (Cindy) Hann and Beverly Suffolk. Virginia also leaves seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert (Karen) Paugh; and a sister, Jean Hann.

Her beloved husband of 68 years, Howard Hann, passed away in June 2017.

A private service will be held with the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to battenhope.org in support of family member Joseph Hann.

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