Hannah Leigh Costine, 22, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014.

Hannah was welcomed into this world on Fathers Day June 15, 1991. Hannah was a 2010 graduate of St. Clairsville High School. She had attended Kent State University and Scott College of Cosmetology and had worked at Paramount Support Services with disabled individuals.

Hannah's inner struggles with this life should not overshadow her beautiful personality and presence. Her relationships with her family members and her friends were deep and personal. She was a caring and giving person who had a keen interest in art and music. Her all too short life was filled with an intense desire to help others while at the same time live life on her terms. All of her friends and family have experienced her truly beautiful presence and smile which endeared her to all she met. Her absence in this world will be most keenly felt by her two sisters and brother and her mother and father, but will also be felt by an entire community that saw her beauty and happiness and warmth. She is now forever young and beautiful.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather, John Martin Kolb.

Surviving are her mother, Denise Costine; her father, Eric Costine; two sisters, Erica Costine and Sarah Costine; a brother, David Repella all of St. Clairsville; her grandparents John O. and Phyllis Costine of St. Clairsville and Darlene Kolb of Bridgeport.

Private funeral services were held at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville with Rev. Dr. Bradley Call officiating.

A public memorial visitation will be held at Thoburn United Methodist Church, 209 East Main Street in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., with remarks by Rev. Dr. Bradley Call.

Memorial contributions may be made to Safe Haven Farms. P.O. Box 633, Monroe, Ohio 45050 a residential home for autistic children and adults inspired in part by Hannah's autistic cousin Adria Moon. (www.safehavenfarms.org)