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Robert Dorman Hockenberry

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Robert Dorman Hockenberry Veteran

Birth
Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Jul 2001 (aged 95)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Robert Dorman Hockenberry, 95, formerly of Loysville, died Sunday, July 15, 2001 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.

He was born April 7, 1906 in Bellwood to the late R. Bruce and Lottie (Loudon) Hockenberry.

He was a lifelong schoolteacher in the West Perry School District, a principal in the Bedford County School District and assistant county superintendent in the Warren County School District; a graduate of Shippensburg University and attended Columbia and Penn State universities for graduate work; an Army veteran of World War II; a member of Tressler Memorial Lutheran Church, Loysville, Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, American Legion Post 177, Newport, the Masons and VFW; and a former member of the Lions Club.

He was the widower of Laura J. Johnson Hockenberry, who died May 15, 1994.

Surviving are nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris J. Hockenberry.

Services were held July 18 in his church with the Revs. Donald L. March and Henry A. Lutz officiating. Burial, with military honors by New Bloomfield VFW Post 7463, was in Blain Cemetery.

Nickel Funeral Home, Loysville, handled arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to his church, P.O. Box 904, Loysville 17047, or Thornwald Home, 442 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle 17013.
Robert Dorman Hockenberry, 95, formerly of Loysville, died Sunday, July 15, 2001 at Thornwald Home, Carlisle.

He was born April 7, 1906 in Bellwood to the late R. Bruce and Lottie (Loudon) Hockenberry.

He was a lifelong schoolteacher in the West Perry School District, a principal in the Bedford County School District and assistant county superintendent in the Warren County School District; a graduate of Shippensburg University and attended Columbia and Penn State universities for graduate work; an Army veteran of World War II; a member of Tressler Memorial Lutheran Church, Loysville, Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, American Legion Post 177, Newport, the Masons and VFW; and a former member of the Lions Club.

He was the widower of Laura J. Johnson Hockenberry, who died May 15, 1994.

Surviving are nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris J. Hockenberry.

Services were held July 18 in his church with the Revs. Donald L. March and Henry A. Lutz officiating. Burial, with military honors by New Bloomfield VFW Post 7463, was in Blain Cemetery.

Nickel Funeral Home, Loysville, handled arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to his church, P.O. Box 904, Loysville 17047, or Thornwald Home, 442 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle 17013.


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