Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers
A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia
One Child:
Samuel D [1947 KS]
(m. Jane M Cooper /Div'd 1990) son Jason
(m. Karla S Segelquist 1996)
Obituary - Samuel John Horkman
Samuel John Horkman, 80, Topeka, died Monday, May 12, 1997, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Horkman worked 25 years for Hall Lithographing and then 15 years for the State of Kansas Printing Department. He served five years in the Army with the 707th Tank Battalion in the European Theater during World War II and later in the Kansas National Guard for 20 years before he retired as command sergeant major in 1968.
He was born Sept 1 1916, in Republic County, the son of Samuel Henry and Mary Ellen Louise Krigline Horkman. He moved to Topeka in 1936.
Mr Horkman was a member of the No. 70 Tank Battalion Association. Association of the U.S. Army International Typographical Union and American Association of Retired Persons. He was a former member of Grace Episcopal Cathedral and St. Phillips Episcopal Church.
He was married to Eleanor Merriam Amsbury on April 6, 1946, in Topeka. She died Dec 28, 1991.
Survivors include a son, Samuel Dale Horkman, Lawrence; a sister, Nellie Clara Awalt, Scandia; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Penweit-Cabel Mid Town Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Horkman will lie in state after noon today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas National Guard, P.O. Box 19285, Topeka 66619-0282.
Topeka Daily Capital, May 14, 1997, Pg 7c - [Courtesy of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library]
Notes:
Samuel J Horkman's military experience - was inducted into the Army on the 9th of March 1942 @ Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas (Army Serial # 37149936).
Samuel J, a World War II veteran, was a corporal with Company D, 707th Light Tank Battalion, 81st Regiment, 5th Armored Division based in Camp Cooke, California.
After the 707th Tank Battalion was created 20 September 1943, it was sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin for winter training (12 December 1943 -15 January 1944) in preparation for hard winter fighting that was anticipated after the invasion of Fortress Europe. His unit deployed from Boston, Massachusetts on 12 February 1944, landing first in Wales. Upon their arrival in England, the unit received training needed for its mission in Europe (01 March - 30 August 1944). The 707th landed on Omaha Red Beach, France on 01 September 1944 and was attached to 28th Infantry Division (First Army, V Corps). In early November, they arrived at the Siegfried Line and participated in the Battle for the Hurtgen Forest.
On 20 November 1944, elements of his battalion regrouped in Luxembourg. Here they found themselves in the path of the German counterattack, "the Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 19 January 1945) and in the defense of Bastogne with the 28th Infantry Division and elements of the 101st Airborne.
After the defeat of the German forces in the Ardennes, his unit was temporarily attached to several other units as they pushed the Germans back into Germany. At the end of the war, the 707th was assigned Occupation Duty with the 7th Armored Division near Nuremberg, Germany.
Shortly after they returned to the United States, the 707th Tank Battalion was deactivated on 08 October 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts. [Source:.707tkbn.org/history.html]
Samuel joined the Kansas National Guard and served his state for 20 years, retiring as command sergeant major in 1968.
A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia
One Child:
Samuel D [1947 KS]
(m. Jane M Cooper /Div'd 1990) son Jason
(m. Karla S Segelquist 1996)
Obituary - Samuel John Horkman
Samuel John Horkman, 80, Topeka, died Monday, May 12, 1997, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Horkman worked 25 years for Hall Lithographing and then 15 years for the State of Kansas Printing Department. He served five years in the Army with the 707th Tank Battalion in the European Theater during World War II and later in the Kansas National Guard for 20 years before he retired as command sergeant major in 1968.
He was born Sept 1 1916, in Republic County, the son of Samuel Henry and Mary Ellen Louise Krigline Horkman. He moved to Topeka in 1936.
Mr Horkman was a member of the No. 70 Tank Battalion Association. Association of the U.S. Army International Typographical Union and American Association of Retired Persons. He was a former member of Grace Episcopal Cathedral and St. Phillips Episcopal Church.
He was married to Eleanor Merriam Amsbury on April 6, 1946, in Topeka. She died Dec 28, 1991.
Survivors include a son, Samuel Dale Horkman, Lawrence; a sister, Nellie Clara Awalt, Scandia; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Penweit-Cabel Mid Town Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Horkman will lie in state after noon today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas National Guard, P.O. Box 19285, Topeka 66619-0282.
Topeka Daily Capital, May 14, 1997, Pg 7c - [Courtesy of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library]
Notes:
Samuel J Horkman's military experience - was inducted into the Army on the 9th of March 1942 @ Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas (Army Serial # 37149936).
Samuel J, a World War II veteran, was a corporal with Company D, 707th Light Tank Battalion, 81st Regiment, 5th Armored Division based in Camp Cooke, California.
After the 707th Tank Battalion was created 20 September 1943, it was sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin for winter training (12 December 1943 -15 January 1944) in preparation for hard winter fighting that was anticipated after the invasion of Fortress Europe. His unit deployed from Boston, Massachusetts on 12 February 1944, landing first in Wales. Upon their arrival in England, the unit received training needed for its mission in Europe (01 March - 30 August 1944). The 707th landed on Omaha Red Beach, France on 01 September 1944 and was attached to 28th Infantry Division (First Army, V Corps). In early November, they arrived at the Siegfried Line and participated in the Battle for the Hurtgen Forest.
On 20 November 1944, elements of his battalion regrouped in Luxembourg. Here they found themselves in the path of the German counterattack, "the Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 19 January 1945) and in the defense of Bastogne with the 28th Infantry Division and elements of the 101st Airborne.
After the defeat of the German forces in the Ardennes, his unit was temporarily attached to several other units as they pushed the Germans back into Germany. At the end of the war, the 707th was assigned Occupation Duty with the 7th Armored Division near Nuremberg, Germany.
Shortly after they returned to the United States, the 707th Tank Battalion was deactivated on 08 October 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts. [Source:.707tkbn.org/history.html]
Samuel joined the Kansas National Guard and served his state for 20 years, retiring as command sergeant major in 1968.
Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers
A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia
One Child:
Samuel D [1947 KS]
(m. Jane M Cooper /Div'd 1990) son Jason
(m. Karla S Segelquist 1996)
Obituary - Samuel John Horkman
Samuel John Horkman, 80, Topeka, died Monday, May 12, 1997, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Horkman worked 25 years for Hall Lithographing and then 15 years for the State of Kansas Printing Department. He served five years in the Army with the 707th Tank Battalion in the European Theater during World War II and later in the Kansas National Guard for 20 years before he retired as command sergeant major in 1968.
He was born Sept 1 1916, in Republic County, the son of Samuel Henry and Mary Ellen Louise Krigline Horkman. He moved to Topeka in 1936.
Mr Horkman was a member of the No. 70 Tank Battalion Association. Association of the U.S. Army International Typographical Union and American Association of Retired Persons. He was a former member of Grace Episcopal Cathedral and St. Phillips Episcopal Church.
He was married to Eleanor Merriam Amsbury on April 6, 1946, in Topeka. She died Dec 28, 1991.
Survivors include a son, Samuel Dale Horkman, Lawrence; a sister, Nellie Clara Awalt, Scandia; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Penweit-Cabel Mid Town Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Horkman will lie in state after noon today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas National Guard, P.O. Box 19285, Topeka 66619-0282.
Topeka Daily Capital, May 14, 1997, Pg 7c - [Courtesy of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library]
Notes:
Samuel J Horkman's military experience - was inducted into the Army on the 9th of March 1942 @ Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas (Army Serial # 37149936).
Samuel J, a World War II veteran, was a corporal with Company D, 707th Light Tank Battalion, 81st Regiment, 5th Armored Division based in Camp Cooke, California.
After the 707th Tank Battalion was created 20 September 1943, it was sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin for winter training (12 December 1943 -15 January 1944) in preparation for hard winter fighting that was anticipated after the invasion of Fortress Europe. His unit deployed from Boston, Massachusetts on 12 February 1944, landing first in Wales. Upon their arrival in England, the unit received training needed for its mission in Europe (01 March - 30 August 1944). The 707th landed on Omaha Red Beach, France on 01 September 1944 and was attached to 28th Infantry Division (First Army, V Corps). In early November, they arrived at the Siegfried Line and participated in the Battle for the Hurtgen Forest.
On 20 November 1944, elements of his battalion regrouped in Luxembourg. Here they found themselves in the path of the German counterattack, "the Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 19 January 1945) and in the defense of Bastogne with the 28th Infantry Division and elements of the 101st Airborne.
After the defeat of the German forces in the Ardennes, his unit was temporarily attached to several other units as they pushed the Germans back into Germany. At the end of the war, the 707th was assigned Occupation Duty with the 7th Armored Division near Nuremberg, Germany.
Shortly after they returned to the United States, the 707th Tank Battalion was deactivated on 08 October 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts. [Source:.707tkbn.org/history.html]
Samuel joined the Kansas National Guard and served his state for 20 years, retiring as command sergeant major in 1968.
A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia
One Child:
Samuel D [1947 KS]
(m. Jane M Cooper /Div'd 1990) son Jason
(m. Karla S Segelquist 1996)
Obituary - Samuel John Horkman
Samuel John Horkman, 80, Topeka, died Monday, May 12, 1997, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Horkman worked 25 years for Hall Lithographing and then 15 years for the State of Kansas Printing Department. He served five years in the Army with the 707th Tank Battalion in the European Theater during World War II and later in the Kansas National Guard for 20 years before he retired as command sergeant major in 1968.
He was born Sept 1 1916, in Republic County, the son of Samuel Henry and Mary Ellen Louise Krigline Horkman. He moved to Topeka in 1936.
Mr Horkman was a member of the No. 70 Tank Battalion Association. Association of the U.S. Army International Typographical Union and American Association of Retired Persons. He was a former member of Grace Episcopal Cathedral and St. Phillips Episcopal Church.
He was married to Eleanor Merriam Amsbury on April 6, 1946, in Topeka. She died Dec 28, 1991.
Survivors include a son, Samuel Dale Horkman, Lawrence; a sister, Nellie Clara Awalt, Scandia; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Penweit-Cabel Mid Town Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Horkman will lie in state after noon today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas National Guard, P.O. Box 19285, Topeka 66619-0282.
Topeka Daily Capital, May 14, 1997, Pg 7c - [Courtesy of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library]
Notes:
Samuel J Horkman's military experience - was inducted into the Army on the 9th of March 1942 @ Topeka, Shawnee Co, Kansas (Army Serial # 37149936).
Samuel J, a World War II veteran, was a corporal with Company D, 707th Light Tank Battalion, 81st Regiment, 5th Armored Division based in Camp Cooke, California.
After the 707th Tank Battalion was created 20 September 1943, it was sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin for winter training (12 December 1943 -15 January 1944) in preparation for hard winter fighting that was anticipated after the invasion of Fortress Europe. His unit deployed from Boston, Massachusetts on 12 February 1944, landing first in Wales. Upon their arrival in England, the unit received training needed for its mission in Europe (01 March - 30 August 1944). The 707th landed on Omaha Red Beach, France on 01 September 1944 and was attached to 28th Infantry Division (First Army, V Corps). In early November, they arrived at the Siegfried Line and participated in the Battle for the Hurtgen Forest.
On 20 November 1944, elements of his battalion regrouped in Luxembourg. Here they found themselves in the path of the German counterattack, "the Battle of the Bulge" (16 December 1944 - 19 January 1945) and in the defense of Bastogne with the 28th Infantry Division and elements of the 101st Airborne.
After the defeat of the German forces in the Ardennes, his unit was temporarily attached to several other units as they pushed the Germans back into Germany. At the end of the war, the 707th was assigned Occupation Duty with the 7th Armored Division near Nuremberg, Germany.
Shortly after they returned to the United States, the 707th Tank Battalion was deactivated on 08 October 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts. [Source:.707tkbn.org/history.html]
Samuel joined the Kansas National Guard and served his state for 20 years, retiring as command sergeant major in 1968.
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