Earl Hendricks Taken By Death At Age 46
Services were held yesterday afternoon at Owyen Funeral Home for Earl William Hendricks, lifetime Jefferson County resident and World War II paratrooper, who died at the hospital here Sunday night at the age of 46.
Mr. Hendricks, best known by the nickname "Buck," was among paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division who led the D-Day invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944. Paratroopers jumped prior to H-Hour to operate behind the German lines before infantrymen in landing craft reached the Normandy shore. His decoration included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.
He was born at Hadlock Sept. 12, 1917, the son of Roy and Agnes Hammer Hendricks, and was prominent in athletics at Chimacum High School. He entered military service early in the war.
In recent years he was employed as a painter, working for various contractors, making his home in Port Townsend. He also worked as a bar tender.
The Rev. Paul Hackett of the First United Presbyterian Church conducted the funeral service and Mrs, Bert Tuttle was organist. Cremation followed.
Survivors included a son, Earl of Hadlock; a brother, Ralph Hendricks, niece Susan Hendricks, and nephew, William Hendricks, of Port Townsend.
Services were held yesterday afternoon at Owyen Funeral Home for Earl William Hendricks, lifetime Jefferson County resident and World War II paratrooper, who died at the hospital here Sunday night at the age of 46.
Mr. Hendricks, best known by the nickname "Buck," was among paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division who led the D-Day invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944. Paratroopers jumped prior to H-Hour to operate behind the German lines before infantrymen in landing craft reached the Normandy shore. His decoration included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.
He was born at Hadlock Sept. 12, 1917, the son of Roy and Agnes Hammer Hendricks, and was prominent in athletics at Chimacum High School. He entered military service early in the war.
In recent years he was employed as a painter, working for various contractors, making his home in Port Townsend. He also worked as a bar tender.
The Rev. Paul Hackett of the First United Presbyterian Church conducted the funeral service and Mrs, Bert Tuttle was organist. Cremation followed.
Survivors included a son, Earl of Hadlock; a brother, Ralph Hendricks, niece Susan Hendricks, and nephew, William Hendricks, of Port Townsend.
Earl Hendricks Taken By Death At Age 46
Services were held yesterday afternoon at Owyen Funeral Home for Earl William Hendricks, lifetime Jefferson County resident and World War II paratrooper, who died at the hospital here Sunday night at the age of 46.
Mr. Hendricks, best known by the nickname "Buck," was among paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division who led the D-Day invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944. Paratroopers jumped prior to H-Hour to operate behind the German lines before infantrymen in landing craft reached the Normandy shore. His decoration included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.
He was born at Hadlock Sept. 12, 1917, the son of Roy and Agnes Hammer Hendricks, and was prominent in athletics at Chimacum High School. He entered military service early in the war.
In recent years he was employed as a painter, working for various contractors, making his home in Port Townsend. He also worked as a bar tender.
The Rev. Paul Hackett of the First United Presbyterian Church conducted the funeral service and Mrs, Bert Tuttle was organist. Cremation followed.
Survivors included a son, Earl of Hadlock; a brother, Ralph Hendricks, niece Susan Hendricks, and nephew, William Hendricks, of Port Townsend.
Services were held yesterday afternoon at Owyen Funeral Home for Earl William Hendricks, lifetime Jefferson County resident and World War II paratrooper, who died at the hospital here Sunday night at the age of 46.
Mr. Hendricks, best known by the nickname "Buck," was among paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division who led the D-Day invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944. Paratroopers jumped prior to H-Hour to operate behind the German lines before infantrymen in landing craft reached the Normandy shore. His decoration included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.
He was born at Hadlock Sept. 12, 1917, the son of Roy and Agnes Hammer Hendricks, and was prominent in athletics at Chimacum High School. He entered military service early in the war.
In recent years he was employed as a painter, working for various contractors, making his home in Port Townsend. He also worked as a bar tender.
The Rev. Paul Hackett of the First United Presbyterian Church conducted the funeral service and Mrs, Bert Tuttle was organist. Cremation followed.
Survivors included a son, Earl of Hadlock; a brother, Ralph Hendricks, niece Susan Hendricks, and nephew, William Hendricks, of Port Townsend.
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