Steven "Steve" J. Hattamer

Steven “Steve” Hattamer, 65, of Nashua, NH passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on December 16, 2025. He was born in Spokane, Washington on April 13, 1960.

 

After graduating from Whitworth University, he began his career as a high school science teacher. He then took his science skills back to school to become a PA. Deciding that still wasn’t enough, he enrolled in medical school at the University of Kansas. It was during a clinical rotation at Whiteman Air Force base that he met Beth. They married in 1988, started a family, and moved to New Hampshire so Steve could complete his residency at Dartmouth.

 

They would eventually move to Nashua, NH where Steve would work 25+ years for Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. He took great pride in his career at the hospital running the anesthesia department and creating Nashua Anesthesia Partners (NAP), filled with doctors and staff who became great friends, and then family.

 

Beyond being an extraordinary physician, Steve was a renaissance man in his own right. He was an avid sailor, finding peace on solo journeys from the Florida Keys to the Italian coast, yet he was equally at home in the quiet pursuits of chess, magic, and reading - passions he took great joy in passing down to his children. A lifelong student with an insatiable curiosity, he took up Russian later in life to support his travels and, after 25 years of medical practice, returned to the classroom at Harvard University to earn a masters degree. He was an expert storyteller and speaker, having written his own children’s book, and took every opportunity to write a speech and captivate an audience. He also made the world’s greatest pancakes.

 

Steve’s brilliance was matched only by his profound kindness. He was a humanitarian who volunteered his medical skills in Rwanda and Ukraine, but his most moving acts of service were often the ones he thought no one saw. He quietly paid the debts of strangers, gave the very shoes off his feet to someone in need, and shoveled neighbors’ driveways without being asked. Above all, Steve was a loving husband and a father who truly gave his children the world, a blessing he had already begun passing on to his grandchild. He was a role model who led by example, whispering the same encouragement to his kids as he tucked them into bed that would later serve as the title and heart of his book:

 

“You are a good person, you are smart, you are talented, you are beautiful, you are strong, and most importantly, you can do anything.”

 

Above all else, Steve loved his family. He is survived by his wife, Beth; his children, Ali and her wife Colleen, Hannah and her husband Michael, Erin, and Jack and his fiancée Ava; his father, Michael Hattamer; his sister, Laura Cowen; and his first grandchild August Lee.

 

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The family will host a visitation at the Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home on Friday, December 19th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

 

Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home

50 Ferry St, Hudson NH 03051

 

They will celebrate Steven’s life at Parish of the Resurrection on Saturday, December 20th at 10:00 AM.

 

Parish of the Resurrection

449 Broad St, Nashua, NH 03063

 

We encourage all those who loved Steven to attend.

 

Donations in Steve’s memory can be made to the organization he volunteered for in Rwanda: the International Organization for Women and Development