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James Leonard Hannan

11/08/1932 - 11/23/2025

BORN

11/08/1932

DIED

11/23/2025

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Service

Dec. 29, 2025

11:00 a.m.

Ascension Church

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James Hannan Obituary

November 8, 1932 - November 23, 2025
Long-time resident of Bowie, MD. Predeceased by Dorothy (Hawkins) Hannan (1989) and Herma Enderle Lambros (2023). Survived by daughters, Catherine and Susan; grandchildren, Katrina, James Daniel, Elizabeth and Dominic, and great-grandchildren, Timothy, Logan and Sophie. Funeral mass: Ascension Catholic Church, 12700 Lanham Severn Road, Bowie, MD, 11 a.m. December 29, 2025. Condolences available at

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Published by The Washington Post on Dec. 3, 2025.

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