More detail on this person: Sherril (Shawn)
Anson Hannah, 74, passed away Sunday after a
week of hospitalization combating influenza and
the late stages of Alzheimer's and cancer. He was
born 22 December 1939 in Red Deer Canada and
was raised by the late Estill and Alberta Hannah
in Grayson, KY. Shawn graduated from Pritchard
High School in 1958, but started his career in the
U.S. armed forces at the age of 15. While serving
the US Navy, he was stationed on the island of
Guam and had a variety of duties including lending
his gifted voice to radio broadcasts. While on
Guam, he had a second job at a movie theater.
Working there as a projectionist, he fell in love
with the popcorn girl, Elizabeth Flores. They
married, had two children, and then Shawn began
another military career in the U.S. Army. During
those years he was a highly-decorated helicopter
pilot ("Firebird 00"), serving three tours in
Vietnam. Following his active duty service, he
transitioned to civilian life as an air traffic
controller at Fort Bliss' Biggs Airfield near El
Paso, TX. On the edges of El Paso, he built his
own home, which also served as a wildlife
sanctuary and as his wife's Garden of Eden. He and
his family enjoyed life there for over 30 years.
After his wife passed away in 2009, he split the
final years of his life between an 8 acre slice of
heaven in the mountains southwest of Colorado
Springs and at the Emeritus assisted living
facility, where his caregivers loved him like he
was family. Shawn is survived by two brothers: Jon
Hannah and Lowrie St. James; two children:
Cammy (Frank) Gallagher and Shawn Hannah; and
three grandchildren: Elizabeth Meyers, Nicholas
(Samantha) Hannah, and Nathaniel Hannah. In lieu
of flowers, the family is requesting that
donations be made out to Intrepid Fallen Heroes
Fund. Services will be held at 2 pm, Friday,
February 21, 2014, at the Cappadona Funeral
Home, 1020 East Fillmore Street, Colorado Springs
CO.
Published in El Paso Times from Feb. 15 to Feb.
22, 2014
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