Lindsay D. Hanna, 91, died on February 4, 2015 at his home in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Born in Caldwell, NJ in 1923, he spent most of his life in Connecticut and retired to his Carmel vacation home in 1984.
Hanna graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army in Italy during World War II and again in Germany in 1952. His entire business career was spent with the Cigna Corporation of Bloomfield, CT and he lived many years in Simsbury, CT where he was active in local affairs. He was President of the International Claim Association in 1972.
In Carmel, Hanna served on the Forest and Beach Commission and on the Planning Commission, and chaired Carmel’s 75th Anniversary Committee in 1991.
He volunteered for the Carmel Foundation, as a Watchstander at the Maritime Museum, and as a docent at the First Murphy Visitor Center. A member of All Saints Episcopal Church, Hanna served as an usher and a trustee of the Endowment. He especially enjoyed his weekly outings with the Haasis Hikers.
Hanna is survived by his wife of 59 years, Rebecca Frost Hanna, daughters Margaret (Hiroshi) Kuroyanagi, Jane (Whit) Repp, Elizabeth (Don Fleming) Hanna, and his grandchildren, Lindsay Repp, Hanna Repp, Thomas Fleming, and William Fleming.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, February 14 at 2:00pm at La Playa Hotel at Camino Real and 8th Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to a beneficiary of the donor’s choice.
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