Saratoga Springs, NY - Mary Hannahs, 95, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Wesley Health Care Center. Born on Feb. 20, 1920 in Watertown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harold C. and Merle Howk Jebo. Mrs. Hannahs graduated from Potsdam High School in 1938 and the Crane School of Music at what was then Potsdam State College. She continued her graduate studies at SUNY Albany and SUNY Potsdam. It was at the Crane School of Music that she met her future husband, Roger C. Hannahs. They were married at Trinity Episcopal Church in Potsdam on Aug. 10, 1942. They were both active musicians in the Watertown and Ithaca areas, eventually settling in Saratoga Springs where they raised their four children. Mrs. Hannahs taught music for 20 years in the public school system in Brant Lake, Saratoga Springs, Waterford and Amsterdam, NY. She retired from teaching in 1981. She was active in the Saratoga Springs community, serving on the Program Committee at the Caroline Street School PTA, volunteering at the Saratoga Springs Senior Citizens Center where she also served on the Board of Directors, and helping grant children's Christmas wishes by serving on the Saratoga Springs Empty Stocking Project. Throughout most of her life, Mrs. Hannahs was involved with various music organizations and groups in a variety of ways. She was choir mother for Episcopal Church choirs in Potsdam, Ithaca, and Saratoga Springs. She directed a children's choir in St. John's Episcopal Church in Ithaca. After her retirement she sang in Episcopal Church choirs in Glens Falls and Schenectady. She also sang with the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society and the Schenectady Thursday Music Club. Mrs. Hannahs is predeceased by her husband, Dr. Roger C. Hannahs; two sisters, Betty Kimber of Saratoga Springs, NY and Nancy Shatraw of Potsdam, NY; and her parents. She is survived by her daughters, Katherine Whipple and her husband, Gary of New Fairfield, CT, Jennifer Scarano and her husband, Jerry of Saratoga Springs, NY; Cynthia Reedy and her husband Wayne of Scotia, NY; and Jocelyn Hannahs of Enfield, CT; nine grandchildren, Beth (Charlie) Rozko of Kingston, NY, Ryan Whipple of Brookfield, CT, Capt. Joseph Eric Masten (Cristina) of El Paso, TX, Abbey Mabb of Indiatlantic, FL, Adam (Jen) Scarano of Westford, MA, Janine (Greg) Phillips, Greg (Dawn) McCarthy and Travis Reedy all of Scotia, NY and Chad (Stephanie) Reedy of Mechanicville, NY; 19 great-grandchildren and several; nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Hannahs' daughters would like to express their appreciation and gratitude for the compassionate care their mother received by staff and hospice at the Wesley Health Care Center. Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 5pm Saturday (May 23, 2015) at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway 584-5373. A Requiem Mass will be conducted in Trinity Episcopal Church, Potsdam, NY at a future date and burial will be in Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.