OBIT: Hugh K. HAMM, 1964, Hanover, York County, PA

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Hugh K Hamm

Hugh K Hamm, 70, Hanover R.D. 5, died at 6:45 p.m. yesterday at the Hanover 
General Hospital. He was the husband of Mary March Hamm. A Son of the late John 
and Annie Flickinger Hamm, he was born in York Co, Sept 22, 1893 He was a member 
of the Hanover Home Association Lodge 227, Loyal Order of Moose; Aerie 1406, 
Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Improvement Order of Red Men. In Addition to 
his wife he is survived by seven children: Kenneth Hamm, Hanover RD 5, Richard 
Hamm, 77 George Street, Miss Dorothy Hamm and Mrs. William Schaeffer, Orland, 
Fl; Mrs. Helen Yost 211 Frederick Street: Mrs. Rowland Adams, Wilmington Del, 
and Mrs. Robert Topper Pomona, Calif; eighth grandchildren; seven great 
grandchildren, four brothers John R. New Oxford;

Walter New Oxford R.D.: Donald, McSherrystown, Robert Hamm, Hanover, and a 
stepbrother George Hamm, York. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2pm at 
the Wetzel funeral home, Carlisle Street. The Rev Dr. Howard E Sheely, pastor of 
the Trinity United Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Rest 
Haven Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m.

Hanover Evening Sun, June 6, 1964



DEATHS

Hugh K. Hamm

Hugh K. Hamm, 70, Hanover R.5, died Friday at the Hanover Hospital.

A native of York County, he was born September 22, 1893, a son of the late John 
and Annie (Flickinger) Hamm, and was a member of the Trinity Reformed Church of 
Hanover. He was a manufacturer of brooms.

Surviving are his wife, the former Mary March and seven children: Kenneth Hamm, 
Hanover; Richard Hamm, Hanover; Miss Dorothy Hamm, Orlando, Fla; Mrs. William 
Schaeffer, Orlando, Fla; Mrs. Helen Yost, Hanover; Mrs. Roland Adams, 
Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Robert Topper, Pomona, Calif.

Also surviving are eight grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and these 
brothers and sisters; Richard and Walter Hamm, both of New Oxford; Donald Hamm, 
McSherrystown, and Robert Hamm, Hanover, and by stepbrother, George Hamm, York.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Wetzel Funeral 
Home, Hanover, with the Rev. Howard Sheely, his pastor,officiating. Interment in 
Rest Haven Cemetery.

New Oxford Item, New Oxford, PA, Thursday, June 11, 1964