Mr. Hockensmith was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Holy Name Society and was affiliated with McSherrystown Lodge Order of Moose; McSherrystown and Hanover, Home Association, McSherrystown Fire company and Adams County Fire Men's Association. His wife Mrs. Mary Strausbaugh Hockensmith preceded him in death.
Surviving are Ten children; Sophia and Paul Hockensmith, Hanover; Marcellus and Clair Hockensmith, both at home; S/Sgt William Hockensmith, Merecerd, Calif.; S/Sgt Cyril Hockensmith with the 72nd Headquarters in Africa; Mrs. Edward Hetrick and Mrs. Edward Krichten both of McSherrystown, Sister Mary Conisa Mercycrest Convent., Harrisburg and Mrs. Helena Dettry, Norfolk Va.; 13 grandchildren; four great grandchildren and two brothers, John Hockensmith, New Oxford and Basil Hockensmith, Hanover.
Funeral services Thursday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem Mass at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph's with his pastor Rt. Rev. Msgr Charles E. Park, Celebrant. Interment in the Annunciation Cemetery, McSherrystown.
Obit in the Gettysburg Times, Wed. Sept.13, 1961.
added June 21, 2012 at 8:03 p.m.
Mr. Hockensmith was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Holy Name Society and was affiliated with McSherrystown Lodge Order of Moose; McSherrystown and Hanover, Home Association, McSherrystown Fire company and Adams County Fire Men's Association. His wife Mrs. Mary Strausbaugh Hockensmith preceded him in death.
Surviving are Ten children; Sophia and Paul Hockensmith, Hanover; Marcellus and Clair Hockensmith, both at home; S/Sgt William Hockensmith, Merecerd, Calif.; S/Sgt Cyril Hockensmith with the 72nd Headquarters in Africa; Mrs. Edward Hetrick and Mrs. Edward Krichten both of McSherrystown, Sister Mary Conisa Mercycrest Convent., Harrisburg and Mrs. Helena Dettry, Norfolk Va.; 13 grandchildren; four great grandchildren and two brothers, John Hockensmith, New Oxford and Basil Hockensmith, Hanover.
Funeral services Thursday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem Mass at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph's with his pastor Rt. Rev. Msgr Charles E. Park, Celebrant. Interment in the Annunciation Cemetery, McSherrystown.
Obit in the Gettysburg Times, Wed. Sept.13, 1961.
added June 21, 2012 at 8:03 p.m.
Family Members
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Vincent Anthony Hockensmith
1868–1927
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Philomena Hockensmith Yingling
1871–1913
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Ida Cecelia Hockensmith Funk
1873–1954
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Alfretta V Hockensmith Walters
1875–1910
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John Thomas Hockensmith
1876–1963
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Basil Augustus Hockensmith
1879–1966
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Edward Joseph Hockensmith
1881–1948
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Anna Rebecca Hockensmith
1886–1903
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James Henry Hockensmith
1911–1912
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George Anthony Hockensmith
1913–2008
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Paul Augustus "Pip" Hockensmith
1914–2007
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Marcellus J "Marty" Hockensmith
1917–1987
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PFC Sylvester E Hockensmith
1919–1944
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Philip Hockensmith
1921–1929
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Genevieve Elizabeth Hockensmith Hetrick
1922–1996
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Clair P Hockensmith
1929–1994
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Bernadine C Hockensmith
1931–1932
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