OBIT: George H. HOCKING, 1985, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  GEORGE H. HOCKING
      
      George H. Hocking, III, 64, of Williamsport, died Nov. 15, 1985, at
  Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport.
      He was born Aug. 26, 1921, in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of the late George
  H. Jr., and Elizabeth Miller Hocking.  He is survived by his wife, the
  former Marie Wellscheid and a sister Mrs. Carolyn H. Kulp, of
  Montoursville. 
      He was a veteran of the US Navy, WW II, where he was a commander of a
  L.S.T. in the Pacific Theater; a graduate of Penn State University 1942;
  attended graduate school at Harvard and Princeton Universities.  He was a
  vice president of Mobil Oil Company and Petro Chemical Division in New York
  City.  He was a member of the University Club, New York City and the National
  Society of Chemical Engineers. 
      Memorial services were conducted Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. at the Trinity
  Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Andrew France officiating.  Interment was
  Monday Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. at Union Cemetery, Meyersdale under the direction
  of the Price Funeral Home. 
  
  The Republic, November 21, 1985
  
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