Obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Stoehr Hahn

Obituary

1854-1910

Mrs. Elizabeth Stoehr Hahn, wife of William Hahn, died suddenly of heart disease last Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Seguine, on Plainfiald Avenue, Metuchen.

Mr. and Mrs. Hahn had been spending some time visiting their son Percy at his home in Jersey City, where Mrs. Hahn had been treated by a well known specialist who made an incorrect diagnosis of the case. She wanted to return to her Metuchen physician, so they arrived here on an afternoon train, but Mrs. Hahn expired soon after getting out of the carriage at he daughter’s house.

Mrs. Hahn was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Stoehr, of Moersheim, Germany, where she was born in 1854. When fifteen years old she came to America and five years later was married to Mr. William Hahn in New York. They had been married thirty-five years and resided in Metuchen for the past twenty-nine years, most of the time in their home on Home Street near Woodbridge Avenue.

Mrs. Hahn was well known and much beloved by a large circle of friends. She was of a cheerful, kindly disposition. A devoted wife and mother, and possessed a beautiful Christian character. For many years she had been active in the Reformed Church to which she and her husband belonged. She was also prominent in the Borough Improvement League and interested in much benevolent and social work in the community.

She is survived by her husband and five children, five grandchildren, and also by her sister Mrs. Theodore Leiss. Her children are on daughter who is Mrs. Frank Seguine, and four sons, William, Albert, Percy, and Alfred Hahn. Funeral services were held on Monday, conducted by Rev. Dr. Raven, of New Brunswick, and Rev. Dr Geyer, of New York, who had known the deceased for about forty years. Burial was in the Presbyterian Cemetery. The husband and children have the sympathy of all the community in their great loss of a good wife and mother.