Bob Hahn
January 23rd, 1947 - July 26th, 2024
Robert Eugene Hahn, 77, Lincoln, died Friday, July 26. Born January 23, 1947, Ainsworth, NE to Ray and Alberta Hahn. Grew up in Burwell, NE. Registered nurse, worked at Bryan Memorial Hospital for 37 years, 14 as head nurse of surgical floor and ending his career with 15 years as night shift administrative house officer. Married to Bug (Benita) Johnson, Long Pine, NE, on October 21, 1983, in Lincoln.
A 1965 graduate of Lincoln Northeast High School where he played basketball, Bob earned a BS in Health Sciences (1972) and a BSN (1983), both from Nebraska Wesleyan Univeristy. A member of the Nebraska Wesleyan basketball team through his senior year, he lettered and held records for season highs (1967-68) in “most rebounds per season” (#3 then, now #6 all-time) and “highest rebound average” (#2 then, now #4 all-time). Bob scored the cumulative points to earn him a place as 1 of 40 members of Wesleyan’s Men’s Basketball “1,000 Point Club.” Bob liked to say he “majored in basketball and bridge.”
Besides his lifelong interest in sports, Bob loved music, especially the Beatles, and sharing his encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll and his mixed tapes with friends. He hosted a Christmas party for colleagues and friends with wife Bug for a decade in the family home they built in northeast Lincoln.
Survivors: wife, Bug, Lincoln; brother, Richard (Jane), Hawaii; sister Roxane Hicks (Glenn) Lincoln; daughters Kandalyn (Richard Poemape), Chicago, IL, Chelsea (Alison Lenz) Lakewood, CO; son Rob (Mackenzie) Lincoln; grandson Julian Hahn Poemape, Chicago, IL; nieces and nephews, cats Fergie and Marley. Preceded in death by parents and sister Rickie Walsh (John).