NAPOLEON, Ohio — John Herm "Jay" Hanna, a longtime Henry County prosecutor and community volunteer, died Aug. 5 at his Napoleon home. He was 78.

He died after a seven-year bout with Lewy body dementia, his wife of 58 years, Lois Hanna, said.

Upon his death, Mrs. Hanna was presented with an American flag that was flown over the Ohio Statehouse the day he died.

Mr. Hanna, a Republican, retired in 2016 after 40 years, or 10 terms, in office as a Henry County prosecutor and in 2018 as a longtime partner at Hanna & Fisher, a Napoleon law firm that he had joined as an associate upon graduating from law school, at which time it was Hoeffel, Funkhouser, and Short.

“He was a fabulous trial attorney,” said Richard Fisher, a longtime law partner and former assistant prosecutor. “He had the fabul

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