Johannah "Hannah" Marie Hallman, 56, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in Burlington.
Born Feb. 7, 1965, at Mercy Hospital in Burlington, she was the daughter of William Lee Hallman and M. Diane Wilson Mansheim. She married Charles Burm on Dec. 31, 2007, in Chicago, Ill.
Hannah graduated from Notre Dame High School in Burlington in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and advertising from Western Illinois University in 1991.
She previously worked for The Hawk Eye newspaper and also authored articles in various publications. Hannah wrote the first booklet on von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome, which was used to inform families affected with the disease. She and her family were also supporters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
She was certified as a peer support specialist providing mental health services, most recently at Hope Haven Area Development Center at the Lee County Drop-In Center.
She was a member of Divine Mercy Parish in West Burlington and founded the parish's Saint Dymphna Guild, a faith-based mental health support group honoring the patroness saint of those afflicted with nervous and emotional illness. She enjoyed reading, art and design, shopping, travel, and visiting with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Charles of Burlington; daughter, Samantha Nordstrom of Des Moines; parents, Diane and Robert Mansheim of Burlington; three sisters, Julie Cook of Omaha, Neb., Heidi Hallman (Tim) Brown of Burlington, and Amanda (Rodney) Brent of Gladstone, Ill.; three brothers, Robert (Kimberlee) Mansheim and Joseph Mansheim both of Fort Madison and Edward (Amanda) Mansheim of Burlington; five aunts; 18 nieces and nephews; seven great-nieces and great-nephews; and many cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father; two brothers, Curtis Anthony Hallman and Matthew William Hallman; grandparents; and two aunts.
A rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet will be recited at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at Prugh-Thielen Funeral Home, 3940 Division Street in Burlington, followed by the family receiving friends until 7 p.m.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 700 Division Street, Burlington, with Father James Flattery as the celebrant. A reception will follow at the St. John's Church cafeteria.
Cremation will be entrusted to Prugh Crematory following the funeral. Burial will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Burlington.
Memorials have been established for the VHL Alliance at www.vhl.org, the National Alliance on Mental Illness at www.nami.org, and the Burlington Notre Dame Foundation.
Prugh Funeral Service is in care of arrangements.