Date of Birth:
Saturday, June 13, 1931
Date of Death:
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Age:
93 years old

Antoinette “Tonie” M. Hahn

Antoinette Marie Hahn, aka “Tonie,” passed away November 6, 2024, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Tonie was born June 13, 1931, to Nicholas Joseph and Marie Theresa Lupo in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Villa Angela Academy High School. Tonie graduated in 1952 from St. Louis University in St. Louis, earning a bachelor’s degree as a medical technician. There she met and fell in love with the love of her life; Dr. Richard Gillis Hahn, aka “Gil”. They were married in 1954, and moved to Rochester, MN in 1959, where they built an amazing life and raised eight children together.

As the mother of eight children and the lead “domestic engineer”, Tonie ran a tight ship. As her children grew and became more independent, she worked in real estate. She was also the principal financial advisor for her family and instilled that discipline in her children and grandchildren.

Tonie is preceded in death by her parents, Nicholas and Marie; brother, Richard “Dick”, as well as her loving husband Gil. She is survived by their eight children, Rebecca (David) Sprenger of Rochester, Minnesota, Martin (Connie) Hahn of Missoula, Montana, Lorraine (David) Rose of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Barbara (Paul Neseth) Hahn of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carol (Kenneth) Iwinski of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Maureen (Michael) Grebin of Riverton, Utah, Stephan (Steven Boettcher) Hahn of Phoenix, Arizona, and Matthew (Krista) Hahn of San Diego, California; 23 grandchildren, Ryan (Justine), Karen (Joshua), Jillian (Colton), Camille (Benjamin), Andrew (Aniva), Alexander (Jenna), Madelaine (Daniel), Cameron (Alyssa), Philip, Evelyn (Eric), Joanna, Naomi, Siri, Paavo, Nolan (Klare), Kira, Aubrey (fiancé Caleb), Mia, Nicholas (Kathryn), Olivia (Jackson), Samuel, Avery and Vivian; and 32 great-grandchildren, Archer, Rowen, Kyah, Mari, Perez, Norah, Jocko, Presley, Lenyn, Gillie, Crosby, Charlie, Teddy, Westyn, Landrie, Byrdie, Dottie, William, Martin, Harrison, Ford, Cozette, Scarlett, Lane, Vincent, Genevieve, Abigail, Louisa, Viggo, Hugh, Lena, and Tripp. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Dixie (Gaylord) Smith, Shirley Bray, and Pearl Jenkins. 

Tonie was truly one-of-a-kind. A matriarch, who excelled as a wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, she had the unique ability to make every person feel special and heard. Her empathy was only matched by her pragmatic disposition and sage advice. She took great pride in her ever-growing family and loved them more than anything.

One of her true passions was being out on the water, hauling in the perpetual and ever elusive big fish. She enjoyed reading, investing, discussing matters of the day, and the occasional trip to the casino where she routinely won her nickel bets. Tonie was a person of deep faith and attended her 30^th silent retreat at the Jesuit Retreat House in September shortly before she became ill. She was always up for a discussion of her Christian faith and the meaning of life. Tonie will be remembered as a fierce advocate for her family and a voice of reason and perspective in the storm.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to The Marist Brothers and the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.