NATICK - George Hanna Sr. put his high energy to good use.

When his state trooper son George Hanna Jr. was murdered, the elder Hanna never stopped advocating to restore capital punishment and stop furloughs for first-degree murderers.

With his high energy, Hanna jogged at night to stay fit after working as a Natick Police officer.

``Jogging, not a common sight in the 1950s,'' said his daughter, Molly Glidden of Natick. ``One woman called police to report a stranger running by her house at night.''

George L. Hanna Sr. died Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, surrounded by his family. He was 92.

The death of George Hanna Jr. was a tragedy for his family.

``My mother never recovered,'' Glidden said of her mother Margaret who was very sick for several years before she died in 1987. ``We always said she died of a broken heart.''

In March 1983, George Hanna Jr., a Massachusetts State Police trooper was shot multiple times while he tried to stop a liquor store robbery in Auburn.

His father, a strong advocate for restoring capital punishment, spent much of his time trying to gather enough signatures to pass the Bill to Stop Furloughs.

Hanna Sr., a graduate of the State Police Academy, continued working to preserve the memory of his son. Until last year, Hanna made an annual pilgrimage to the State House to present the George Hanna Award to a police officer for bravery.

``He was always very sad that the police officers weren't recognized as they should have been,'' said Glidden. ``The Washington Street bridge was also named the George L. Hanna bridge.''

Knowing the sadness of not being able to communicate with his father, who was deaf, Hanna opened Hanna Hearing Aids in downtown Natick while working as a Natick Police officer.