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Enock Hill Turnock Jr.

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Enock Hill Turnock Jr.

Birth
La Grange, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
6 Jan 1969 (aged 72)
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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E. Turnock,
Prominent
Engineer

Memorial services for E. Hill Turnock Jr., retired engineering manager of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. Welding Plant in Montcvallo, Ala., will be held Saturday at 4 p. ni. at Bculah Presbyterian Church, Churchill Borough.

Mr. Turnock, 72, died Monday (Jan. 6) in Birmingham, Ala., after a brief illness. He was a former resident of Forest Hills.

A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mr. Turnock was employed by Westinghouse for 38 years, retiring in 1964.

Won Merit Award
He received the Westinghouse Award of Merit in 1944 for his work in developing welding electrodes and ship-welding techniques, and was regarded as one of the pioneer welding engineers in the country.

After retiring, Mr. Turnock spent a year in Bogota, Colombia, helping develop a welding electrode plant, and two years in Bombay, India, supervising a similar operation. Both plants were under the auspices of Westinghouse International Co.

Was Archery Champion
He was a member of the American Welding Society, and a founder of the Pittsburgh Archery Association. Mr. Turnock was target archery champion of Pennsylvania for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Stahr Turnock; a son, E. Hill Turnock III; two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Prodgen of Baltimore, and Mrs. S. N. Rana of Del Mar, Calif.; a brother, L. C. Turnock of Cleveland, and 13 grandchildren.

Burial at Beulah Church Memorial Cemetery will be private. The family suggests that memorial contributions be sent to the Rotary Music Scholarship Fund, Montevallo, Ala.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, January 8, 1969, p. 21
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
National Archives at St. Louis, Missoui
Name: Enock Hill Turnock Jr
Rank: 2Ndlt
Birth Date: July 24, 1896
Service Number: 2 441 775
Service Branch: Army Eng
Unit: Co E, 118 Enger Ce
Enlistment Date: May 17, 1918
Discharge Date: July 29, 1919
Death Date: January 6, 1969
Cemetery Location: Beulha Pittsbufgh, Pennsylvania, USA
E. Turnock,
Prominent
Engineer

Memorial services for E. Hill Turnock Jr., retired engineering manager of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. Welding Plant in Montcvallo, Ala., will be held Saturday at 4 p. ni. at Bculah Presbyterian Church, Churchill Borough.

Mr. Turnock, 72, died Monday (Jan. 6) in Birmingham, Ala., after a brief illness. He was a former resident of Forest Hills.

A graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mr. Turnock was employed by Westinghouse for 38 years, retiring in 1964.

Won Merit Award
He received the Westinghouse Award of Merit in 1944 for his work in developing welding electrodes and ship-welding techniques, and was regarded as one of the pioneer welding engineers in the country.

After retiring, Mr. Turnock spent a year in Bogota, Colombia, helping develop a welding electrode plant, and two years in Bombay, India, supervising a similar operation. Both plants were under the auspices of Westinghouse International Co.

Was Archery Champion
He was a member of the American Welding Society, and a founder of the Pittsburgh Archery Association. Mr. Turnock was target archery champion of Pennsylvania for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Stahr Turnock; a son, E. Hill Turnock III; two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Prodgen of Baltimore, and Mrs. S. N. Rana of Del Mar, Calif.; a brother, L. C. Turnock of Cleveland, and 13 grandchildren.

Burial at Beulah Church Memorial Cemetery will be private. The family suggests that memorial contributions be sent to the Rotary Music Scholarship Fund, Montevallo, Ala.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, January 8, 1969, p. 21
.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
National Archives at St. Louis, Missoui
Name: Enock Hill Turnock Jr
Rank: 2Ndlt
Birth Date: July 24, 1896
Service Number: 2 441 775
Service Branch: Army Eng
Unit: Co E, 118 Enger Ce
Enlistment Date: May 17, 1918
Discharge Date: July 29, 1919
Death Date: January 6, 1969
Cemetery Location: Beulha Pittsbufgh, Pennsylvania, USA


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