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CUYAHOGA FALLS – Allen Parker Hensley, 58, died in Akron City Hospital Monday [January 28, 1980] after a short illness. He was born in Atwater, Feb. 27, 1921 and lived in this area most of his life. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Ravenna, the Retired Officers Association of the U.S. […]

Charles J. Hedinger, 64, of 21 S. Clinton St., City of Poughkeepsie, died Wednesday [September 19, 1979] at his home. Mr. Hedinger was employed by DeLaval Separator Co., Poughkeepsie, for 16 years, before his retirement in 1977. He was a commercial artist for Whitman Publishing Co. before enlisting in the Marines in 1942. A lifelong […]

William Chowning Howk Jr., 59, mostly known as “Catfish,” was killed Wednesday [August 15, 1979] at 8:05 p.m. when he was struck by a southbound L & N train near the Bridge Street crossing. “He just kind of dove in front of the train,” said Johnny Sorrell, witness to the accident. The train didn’t have […]

Mr. Frank W. Holzkamp, Jr., 54, of 1410 Overlook Road, Orlando, died Wednesday [August 7, 1979]. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he moved to Orlando from Louisville, Ky., in 1971. He was a retired sergeant major in the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors: [sons,] Ronald R., in the Marine Corps, and Frank W. III, Orlando; daughter, […]

Rodger J. Henderson, 54, of 4101 Wilmoth Lane, died at 1:25 a.m. Monday [April 16, 1979] at Norton Infirmary. He was president of Henderson Electric Co., past president of the Louisville Chapter National Electric Contractors Association and the Electrical Clearing House of Louisville, a veteran of World War II and a member of Masonic Lodge […]

CAPE MAY – Services were held recently for George L. Hankins Jr., 7 N. Boyd St., who died [February 13, 1979] at Burdett Tomlin Memorial Hospital here. He was proprietor of the Hankins News Agency in Stone Harbor for the past 30 years. Prior to that, he had lived in Morristown. He had served in […]

Herbert F. Hasenclever, 54, a former scientist-director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases here, died of cancer Sept. 21 [1978] at his home in Corvallis, Mont. He was transferred to the institute’s Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Mont., in 1974, where he worked as a mycologist until retiring last April. Dr. Hasenclever […]

Earl (Irish) Hivish, 57, of 4 Charles Dr., Absecon Highlands, died Tuesday [July 18, 1978] in the Atlantic City Medical Center, Mainland Division following a long illness. Services will be held at 9:15 a.m., Saturday, at the Parsels Funeral Home, Absecon, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Church of the Assumption, […]

Leslie Lee Hanna Jr., 56, 1317 N. Oak, McKinney, died this morning [December 8, 1977] in a McKinney hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1921 in Delta County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lee Hanna Sr. He was a deputy sheriff for Collin County, a member of the Christian Church, Lebanon […]

BROWNSVILLE – James Vernon Harvey, 56, Rt. 1, Bowling Green, died Saturday [September 3, 1977] in Bowling Green. Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Shady Land Church of Christ near here. The body is at the Patton Funeral Home here.