Paul Hans

Paul Hans peacefully passed away on Sunday morning, March 15, 2026 at home.

He was just shy of his 88th birthday, having recently celebrated 36 years of marriage to his wife Alexandra Vozick Hans.

Paul was born in The Bronx and attended Columbus High School. He graduated from The City College of New York and went on to study medicine at Tufts Medical School. He did his residency at Tufts Medical Center.

After several years of working as Director of Brookline Mental Health Center, and then Supervisor at Massachusetts Mental Health, he founded the Psychiatry Department at Deaconess Hospital. There, he provided inpatient and outpatient psychiatry and led the Consultation Liaison service. He treated untold thousands of people while training residents in the art of psychotherapy.

Paul loved photography, especially of flowers. He also enjoyed music, and interviewed numerous musicians in order to understand why they were drawn to their profession.

Paul is survived by his wife, Alexandra, and by his cherished children, Lucia Maya, Andrea Kurland and her wife, Terri Grover, and David Hans and his wife, Milena Dieckhoff, as well as three beloved stepsons, Zachary Thacher, Marc Thacher and his wife Colleen, and Yitzchak Shem Tov and his wife, Adiella.

Paul and Alexandra enjoyed every one of their 14 shared grandchildren.

His funeral will be a graveside service at Newton Cemetery, 791 Walnut St., Newton Centre, Massachusetts, at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

Shiva will be held at his home following services, Wednesday afternoon through Friday evening.

Paul will be remembered for his integrity, his commitment to good medicine, and for his love of his large extended family and many devoted friends.