Hahn 2001 Kindersley
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Hahn 2001 Kindersley
Daily Breeze, Torrance. Calif. March 31, 2001
Hahn helped get Dodgers to LAA.
Served in Assembly, on council
Gordon Hahn, a former state assemblyman and Los Angeles city councilman who helped bring the Dodgers [baseball team] to Chavez Ravine, died this week at a Torrance hospital. He was 81.
Hahn, older brother of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and uncle of Los Angeles City Attorney Jim Hahn and City Council candidate Janice Hahn, died Thursday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center of repiratory failure caused by pneumonia.
"The people have lost a great champion and I have lost a beloved uncle whom I respected and admired for all the work he did on behalf of the citizens of Los Angeles," said Jim Hahn, a candidate for mayor in the April 10 [2001] city election.
"I particularly remember that as a City council member, Uncle Gordon was the key vote on two landmark actions that had tremendous impact on Los Angeles - one was to appoint Gilbert Lindsay as the first African American member of the City Council and the other was to bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles."
Hahn was born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, in 1919 and moved to Los Angeles the following year, His father, John, died before the move, leaving his mother, Hattie, to raise their seven sons, all of whom preceded him in death.
Hahn served as an [California] assemblyman from 1947 to 1953 and as a councilman from 1953 to 1963.
He moved his family to Torrance [Calif.] in 1971 and had been living there ever since. During the past six years Hahn had suffered from gradually advancing Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, which combined with the pneumonia to cause his death, his family said.
"He could at the beginning feel himself slipping away and it upset him greatly," said his son, David.
He said his father liked to have fun and loved to laugh, saying his giving nature and jovial personality made him stand out.
"There's no doubt the people who met and knew Gordon Hahn felt touched by him," he added.
David said his father taught him responsibility and to care for other people in need.
"My father always taught me to do the right thing," David Hahn said. "He was very ethical. The negative connotation that goes with the word 'politician' has never associated with the name Hahn."
The political slogan, "Hahn: A NAME YOU CAN TRUST," was used from the 1940s to the 1990s by his family, he said.
"He loved helping people, and if there ever was a public servant leader, he thrived in that role," David Hahn said.
In addition to his son, Hahn is survived by his wife, Donna, a daughter, Debra; and five grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Inglewood Mortuary, 1200 Centinela Ave. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. April 7 at University Christian Church, Los Angeles.
Hahn helped get Dodgers to LAA.
Served in Assembly, on council
Gordon Hahn, a former state assemblyman and Los Angeles city councilman who helped bring the Dodgers [baseball team] to Chavez Ravine, died this week at a Torrance hospital. He was 81.
Hahn, older brother of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and uncle of Los Angeles City Attorney Jim Hahn and City Council candidate Janice Hahn, died Thursday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center of repiratory failure caused by pneumonia.
"The people have lost a great champion and I have lost a beloved uncle whom I respected and admired for all the work he did on behalf of the citizens of Los Angeles," said Jim Hahn, a candidate for mayor in the April 10 [2001] city election.
"I particularly remember that as a City council member, Uncle Gordon was the key vote on two landmark actions that had tremendous impact on Los Angeles - one was to appoint Gilbert Lindsay as the first African American member of the City Council and the other was to bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles."
Hahn was born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, in 1919 and moved to Los Angeles the following year, His father, John, died before the move, leaving his mother, Hattie, to raise their seven sons, all of whom preceded him in death.
Hahn served as an [California] assemblyman from 1947 to 1953 and as a councilman from 1953 to 1963.
He moved his family to Torrance [Calif.] in 1971 and had been living there ever since. During the past six years Hahn had suffered from gradually advancing Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, which combined with the pneumonia to cause his death, his family said.
"He could at the beginning feel himself slipping away and it upset him greatly," said his son, David.
He said his father liked to have fun and loved to laugh, saying his giving nature and jovial personality made him stand out.
"There's no doubt the people who met and knew Gordon Hahn felt touched by him," he added.
David said his father taught him responsibility and to care for other people in need.
"My father always taught me to do the right thing," David Hahn said. "He was very ethical. The negative connotation that goes with the word 'politician' has never associated with the name Hahn."
The political slogan, "Hahn: A NAME YOU CAN TRUST," was used from the 1940s to the 1990s by his family, he said.
"He loved helping people, and if there ever was a public servant leader, he thrived in that role," David Hahn said.
In addition to his son, Hahn is survived by his wife, Donna, a daughter, Debra; and five grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Inglewood Mortuary, 1200 Centinela Ave. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. April 7 at University Christian Church, Los Angeles.