Born Aug. 31, 1920, in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John T. Hockensmith and Marie Alphonzine Huffnagle Hockensmith. He was the husband of Wilma Cotingame Hockensmith, who died in 1991.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired in 1985 as a carpenter from the Mathews Brown Construction Company.
Surviving are sons Robert J. Hockensmith Jr. and Timothy L. Hockensmith, both of Taneytown, and David L. Hockensmith of Westminster; daughters Lydia Locke of Chicago, Ill., and Julia Startt of Littlestown, Pa.; sisters Dorothy Sell of Westminster and Helen Becker of New Oxford, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster, with the Rev. Larry Douthwaite, of Living Faith Evangelical Church, officiating. Interment will be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover, Pa.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216; or to the Alzheimer's Association, Baltimore/Central Maryland Chapter, 540 E. Belvedere Ave., Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21212-3755.
Carroll County Times (Westminster, MD) - Saturday, May 17, 2003
(Obit courtesy of CBLong)
Born Aug. 31, 1920, in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John T. Hockensmith and Marie Alphonzine Huffnagle Hockensmith. He was the husband of Wilma Cotingame Hockensmith, who died in 1991.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired in 1985 as a carpenter from the Mathews Brown Construction Company.
Surviving are sons Robert J. Hockensmith Jr. and Timothy L. Hockensmith, both of Taneytown, and David L. Hockensmith of Westminster; daughters Lydia Locke of Chicago, Ill., and Julia Startt of Littlestown, Pa.; sisters Dorothy Sell of Westminster and Helen Becker of New Oxford, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster, with the Rev. Larry Douthwaite, of Living Faith Evangelical Church, officiating. Interment will be in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hanover, Pa.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216; or to the Alzheimer's Association, Baltimore/Central Maryland Chapter, 540 E. Belvedere Ave., Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21212-3755.
Carroll County Times (Westminster, MD) - Saturday, May 17, 2003
(Obit courtesy of CBLong)
Family Members
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Marie Cecelia Hockensmith Little
1904–1991
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Allen James Hockensmith
1906–1989
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Charles A Hockensmith Sr
1908–1978
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Bernard Francis Hockensmith
1910–1961
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Joseph Lawrence Hockensmith
1912–1981
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Lawrence George Hockensmith
1915–1966
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Helen Irene Hockensmith Becker
1916–2006
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Dorothy Agnes Hockensmith Sell
1918–2010
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Lillian Lucille Hockensmith Topper
1922–1985
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Pauline A "Peanie" Hockensmith Miller
1924–1987
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