YOUNGSTOWN — Anna May “Gagaruk” Hanni, age 73, of Youngstown, died Thursday, Jan. 3o, 2025, surrounded by loving family and friends.
She was born on May 2, 1951,in Egavick, Alaska, and was the second of five children to Frances and Harold Charles.
She grew up in Unalakleet, Alaska, where she graduated from Covenant High School in 1970. That fall she traveled from her small village to Lawrence, Kansas, where she attended Haskell Indian Nations University. There she earned her associate’s degree in nutrition and met her loving husband, Robin.
Anna was a military wife and has traveled the world. She enjoyed reading, traveling, experiencing new things, spending time with family and working in her backyard gardening and observing nature. She loved watching the birds and was both proud and protective of the robin that nested on her porch.
Anna attended Christ Our Savior Parish in Struthers and was a devoted Catholic.
She leaves her legacy of faith and love to her five grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Robin; her daughter, Kim (Jarrod) Vrabel, and her son, Brent (Holly) Hanni; her granddaughters, Vanessa and Maria; her grandsons, Anthony, Ethan and Noah; her sisters, Iris (Bill) Hopkins and Alice Fuerstenau; as well as a multitude of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Frances Charles; her brother, Harold ‘Hoss’ Charles Jr.; and her sister, Maggie Ferry.
Family and friends may pay their respects to Anna from 1o until 1o:5o a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Christ Our Savior Parish-St. Nicholas Church, 764 5th Ave., Struthers, where a funeral Mass will take place at 11 a.m.
Many thanks to the family and friends who showed their unwavering, strong support in the days leading up to and following her death and celebration of life. We will miss her smile and her love and her patience, her kindness and her presence, and her faith, her baking and cooking, and her wisdom and strength. Peace to her memory.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the professional care of the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, 4221 Market St., Boardman.
Family and friends may visit www.rossisantuccifh.com to view this obituary and send condolences to Anna’s family.
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