Valerie -Hanna-Obituary

Valerie Joan Hanna

Freeville, New York

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Just 10 minutes before the first plane struck the World Trade Center, Valerie Joan Hanna called Glenn Hughes, her husband of 29 years, to remind him "to take care of the animals," he recalls. That would be Ramses the goat, Quito the llama and the flock of assorted ducks, chickens and turkeys they had been assembling on their 23-acre farm in Dryden, N.Y., near Ithaca.

The couple moved there from Brooklyn two years ago because "she couldn't take the city anymore," he said. She remembered growing up at her family's farm upstate, and, at 57, dreamed of retiring to the region.

And so, Ms. Hanna had kept her job at Marsh & McLennan, where she was a senior vice president for information technology, while she looked for comparable work in Ithaca. Each weekend she returned to the farm, the animals, the vegetables and the herb garden. The phone call to look after the animals was the last her husband heard from her. The farm "isn't for the both of us anymore," Mr. Hughes said. "I don't know what to do. Life doesn't make any sense."

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Valerie was my neighbor and was a very nice person to know from Westernville Ny

I remember Valerie from years ago.she was a wonderfull person.may she rest in peace.Her death was a tragedy. dennis arencibia

Valerie was my clients in the 1990's when I was selling MCI Mail to Marsh. I recently visited the Freedom Tower and thought of her. I'd like her family to know that she is still remembered.

I am very sorry for the loss of Valerie. I was in Sherman's class of HPCS. God Bless - Bret Smith

I can't explain it. I'm drawn to the World Trade Center site. I feel a strange "attachment" there. Maybe it's because it was the first real attack on our soil in my lifetime. Maybe it's because of where I was in my life's journey when it happened. Maybe it's because it's one place that many people see as just a piece of land, I see as a place where many lost their lives due to an unknown, to me anyway, hatred of us. Maybe it's because I have seen and better understand the love of...

In loving sympathy on this day of remembrance, best wishes for the family and friends.

I just saw your name on the CNN broadcast the 10th anniversary ceremonies. Although I never knew you, I am here, in Freeville, thinking of you and you family with respect and kindest regards.

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

Happy Birthday!!!