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.