Barbara Hannah

Burlington, NC Barbara M. Richter Hannah, age 73, of 2405 Channing Court passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Garrett, Indiana and the wife of fifty years to Robert Bob W. Hannah who survives. Barbara was a Medical Technologist and a homemaker. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and a Eucharistic Minister. Barbara received her undergraduate degree in Medical Technology from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. She loved spending time at Sebago Lake on Frye Island in Maine where she began a garden club and directed the creation of the town gardens. Barbara was a very creative and artistic lady who enjoyed painting, rug hooking, baking monster cookies and sewing. Barbara loved to travel with her husband, Bob, and they took several trips overseas together. Bob and she lived in Naples, Florida for thirteen years where she volunteered to mentor children in Naples by reading them stories. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include her husband of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Rebecca Specht and her husband, Scott of North Andover, Massachusetts and Clare Sessa and her husband, Christian of Warsaw, Indiana; sons and daughters-in-law, Matthew W. Hannah and his wife, Katherine of Newton, New Jersey, John Hannah and his wife, Darci of Howell, Michigan, Stephen Hannah of Chino Hills, California, Robert Rick Hannah and his wife, Dana, Parkland, Florida; fifteen grandchildren; sisters, Theresa Hoy, Mary Ann Patrick and Rita Persing; brothers, Maynard and John Richter. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Orpha Teders and Aloysius Al Richter. The funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church by Very Reverend Robert Benko, O.F.M. Conv, V.F. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday evening at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory and other times at the home. Memorials can be made to the Hospice and Palliative Center of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27125 or Twin Lakes Residence Association, 100 Wade Coble Drive, Burlington, NC 27215 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905. You may sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com