Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Thursday, August 4, 1994
Services for Herbert E. "Donkey" Hahnl, a retired Dallas
firefighter, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home in Dallas. Burial will follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. Hahnl died of a stroke Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 82.
The Dallas native began working for the Dallas Fire Department in 1934. Fellow firefighters nicknamed him "Little Donkey" because his brother, Amil, also a fireman, was nicknamed "Mule," said Mr. Hahnl's wife, Elizabeth Hahnl of Dallas. Through the years the nickname was shortened to just "Donkey."
"That's all he was known by in the old days," Mrs. Hahnl said.
Mr. Hahnl fought fires until he left to serve in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became a mechanic for the Fire Department. He retired in 1963.
"He loved fixing things," Mrs. Hahnl said. "He could fix anything, it didn't matter what it was."
Other survivors include a daughter, Joyce Fling of Dallas; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Services for Herbert E. "Donkey" Hahnl, a retired Dallas
firefighter, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home in Dallas. Burial will follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. Hahnl died of a stroke Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 82.
The Dallas native began working for the Dallas Fire Department in 1934. Fellow firefighters nicknamed him "Little Donkey" because his brother, Amil, also a fireman, was nicknamed "Mule," said Mr. Hahnl's wife, Elizabeth Hahnl of Dallas. Through the years the nickname was shortened to just "Donkey."
"That's all he was known by in the old days," Mrs. Hahnl said.
Mr. Hahnl fought fires until he left to serve in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became a mechanic for the Fire Department. He retired in 1963.
"He loved fixing things," Mrs. Hahnl said. "He could fix anything, it didn't matter what it was."
Other survivors include a daughter, Joyce Fling of Dallas; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Thursday, August 4, 1994
Services for Herbert E. "Donkey" Hahnl, a retired Dallas
firefighter, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home in Dallas. Burial will follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. Hahnl died of a stroke Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 82.
The Dallas native began working for the Dallas Fire Department in 1934. Fellow firefighters nicknamed him "Little Donkey" because his brother, Amil, also a fireman, was nicknamed "Mule," said Mr. Hahnl's wife, Elizabeth Hahnl of Dallas. Through the years the nickname was shortened to just "Donkey."
"That's all he was known by in the old days," Mrs. Hahnl said.
Mr. Hahnl fought fires until he left to serve in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became a mechanic for the Fire Department. He retired in 1963.
"He loved fixing things," Mrs. Hahnl said. "He could fix anything, it didn't matter what it was."
Other survivors include a daughter, Joyce Fling of Dallas; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Dallas Morning News
Services for Herbert E. "Donkey" Hahnl, a retired Dallas
firefighter, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home in Dallas. Burial will follow at Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
Mr. Hahnl died of a stroke Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital. He was 82.
The Dallas native began working for the Dallas Fire Department in 1934. Fellow firefighters nicknamed him "Little Donkey" because his brother, Amil, also a fireman, was nicknamed "Mule," said Mr. Hahnl's wife, Elizabeth Hahnl of Dallas. Through the years the nickname was shortened to just "Donkey."
"That's all he was known by in the old days," Mrs. Hahnl said.
Mr. Hahnl fought fires until he left to serve in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he became a mechanic for the Fire Department. He retired in 1963.
"He loved fixing things," Mrs. Hahnl said. "He could fix anything, it didn't matter what it was."
Other survivors include a daughter, Joyce Fling of Dallas; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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