John Walker Hancock Sr.

Birth: 24 Oct 1882
Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Death: 3 Aug 1929 (aged 46)
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park

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Plot: Mausoleum CM 1025C
Memorial ID: 5520119 View Source

John "Walker" Hancock is third of 9 children of James Ammon Hancock and Alice Jean "Lollie" Williams. He married Madge Limbocker. They are the parents of John Walker Hancock Jr. and Alice Jean Hancock Bower. Walker is the namesake and a founding member of the Hancock Oil Company, which existed from 1922 until 1959, and was one of the largest independent oil companies in the Western U.S. Hancock Oil sold to Signal Oil as a result of a major fire which occurred in 1959. At the time of his burial, this cemetery was known as Sunnyside Memorial Park and Mausoleum.

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Madge Limbocker Hancock

1885–1978

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5520119/john_walker-hancock: accessed ), memorial page for John Walker Hancock Sr. (24 Oct 1882–3 Aug 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5520119, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Donna Hancock (contributor 46485989).