"John R. Hocking, a citrus grower in Riverside since 1927, died Monday in a Riverside convalescent hospital. He was 81. Funeral rites will be held at 10 am Friday in the Acheson & Graham Chapel, Fourth and Main streets. Burial will be in Olivewood Cemetery. Hocking, who lived in Riverside 42 years and resided at 7023 Victoria Ave., was a native of Friend, Neb. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He leaves two sons, John of Riverside and Kenneth of Perryton, Tex; a daughter, Mrs. Parris Hurst of Escondido; three brothers, Orville of Norwalk, Will of Lincoln, Neb., and Harry of Riverside and a sister, Mrs. Grace Richards of San Diego. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren."

JOHN HOCKING DIES MONDAY IN CALIFORNIA
"Funeral services for John R. Hocking, 81, of Riverside, Calif., were held Friday, September 12, at 10 a.m. in the Achenson and Graham chapel at Riverside. He was the father of Kenneth Hocking of Perryton (TX) and he and Mrs. Hocking attended the services. Burial was in Olivewood cemetery. A retired farmer and orange grower, Mr. Hocking died Monday evening, September 8, in Chapman Convalesant Home at Riverside following a lengthy illness. He had been an active and hard working man until July, 1965, when ill health forced him to retire. He entered the Chapman Convalesant Home at that time. Mr. Hocking was a former Booker resident, having purchased the I. E. Stender farm 3 1/2 miles northwest of Booker and moving there in 1924 with his family from Catesby, Okla. In 1927 he rented out the farm and moved to Riverside to become an orange grower. He was born May 11, 1888, in Friend, Neb. He married Josephine Morris February 15, 1911, and after 19 years of marriage, Mrs. Hocking died July 5, 1930. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Riverside, and was described by his family as a "kind and loving dad and grandad." He is survived by two sons and one daughter. These are John M. Hocking and his wife Dellaurs, of Riverside, and their sons, Dennis of the home and John Ray of Booker; Kenneth and his wife, Ruby, of Perryton and their daughters Janice and Denise, and Mrs. Parris Hurst and her husband of Escondido, Calif., and their children, Kenneth, Mrs. Don Broyles and Mrs. Roger Peckenpaugh, all of Escondido. Also surviving are eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Grace Richards of San Diego, and three brothers, Will of Nebraska, Orville of Norwalk, Calif., and Harry of Riverside. He was preceded in death by his wife, one grandson and two brothers and three sisters. The Hocking family would prefer all memorials be made to the Booker and Perryton Methodist Church Abiding Memorial Funds."