Lillian "Lily" Jade Hanan

Important Links:

- Lily Jade “Short" Slideshow shown at online tribute (7 min) - https://vimeo.com/872712873/c1291b4730?share=copy

- Lily Jade Online Tribute Replay (https://vimeo.com/873118040/d429ffb4db?share=copy)

- “Longer” Slideshow shown at in-person celebration (23 min) - https://vimeo.com/872134209?share=copy

- Baby Beluga song on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/7zQFM7bHcyMh4QQFdBkjrE?si=caf6a0ef7f8b4e41

- NBC Interview about Lily's Life (3 min) - https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/san-jose-day-care-drownings-lily-jade/3370044

- Humane Society of Silicon Valley - HSSV.org

Lily Jade was a miracle baby for Josephine and Scott Hanan after more than 15 years of trying. She was born in Savannah, GA and openly adopted at birth. She was born with a cleft lip and gums, and had reconstructive surgery at 6 months.

Lily started traveling at the earliest age you can fly (14 days on Southwest) and had been to Georgia, Chicago, San Jose, Disney World, and Israel.

Lily knew Baby American Sign Language and her first signs were ‘light on’ and ‘light off’. She routinely used ‘lights off’ to request her parents to ‘turn off the sun’. She was estimated to be just a few weeks from speaking verbally.

She thought it was funny when Mommy tried to swat flies with a flyswatter and Daddy spun her in circles until she was dizzy.

She loved lounging on her Lily-monogrammed couch, snuggling in her favorite blue crocheted blanket, wearing other people’s shoes, pulling off people’s sunglasses, playing peekaboo, singing “Wheels on the Bus” with her cousins Maya and Dev, and laughing at her cousin Jack’s funny faces.

Lily was always the first to put things away during clean-up time and loved watching videos of herself over and over.

She spent time at Little Gym, Kindermusik, zoos, parks, and had just started a Spanish immersion music class.

Her favorite foods were milk, purées, Cheerios, teether crackers, yogurt, pasta, and blueberries.

Lily Jade also loved the songs “Mr. Sun”, “Open shut them”, “Baby shark”, “The Family Madrigal”, “Pineapple Princess”, “Vamos a la mar”, “If you’re happy and you know it”, “Brown bear brown bear”, and “Hello Hello can you clap your hands”.

She loved “meow” kitties, and “woof woof” doggies, and books that doubled as songs — especially “Baby Beluga”. Her parents were planning to dress up as a family of Beluga whales for Halloween. Instead, Lily was buried in a Beluga onesie, tutu, and whale socks.

In the spirit of her bedtime lullaby: “May there always be sunshine, may there always be blue skies, and may there always be”… Lily Jade honored in our minds….

She will be missed by “Amma” Carol Hanan, “Papa” Ira Hanan, “Purple Grandma” Chris Pinsky, Aunt/Godmother Julie and Uncle Santosh Reddy, Aunt Sandra and Uncle Steve Pons, Godmother Vanessa McDaniel, Cousins Jack, Maya, and Dev, Birth parents Mark and Marla Ward, Birth sister Arielle Mehne, and extended family and friends in Florida, Texas, Illinois, and California.

In loving memory of Lily’s affection for animals – and as a tribute to adoption – the family is requesting donations be made to the Humane Society Silicon Valley (hssv.org).