Carl Leroy Hircock (2012)
HIRCOCK, CLARK, ROACH, KIRK-JOY, ROGERS, WIERSCHKE, COOK, CHAPMAN
Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 9/3/2012 at 21:28:11
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
August 8, 2012Carl L. Hircock, Chaffee, Missouri
Carl L. Hircock, 93, of Chaffee, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee.
Visitation will be Thursday, Aug. 9, from noon to 8 p.m. at McCalley-Collins Funeral Home with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, at the First Christian Church in Winterset with Rev. Kevin and Rev. Sue Blader officiating. Burial with military honors will be in the Winterset Cemetery at Winterset. Memorials may be directed to his family for a future designation.
Carl was born on Feb. 4, 1919, at Winterset to Lannie Russell Hircock and Lois Emmaline (Clark) Hircock. He grew up in Winterset and was a 1932 graduate of Winterset High School. In May of 1941, Carl joined the United States Army. While on leave from the service, he married Belle Lorraine Roach on Oct. 15, 1941, at Bethany, Mo. Carl was sent overseas in February of 1942 and during a battle with the enemy was captured and spent approximately three years as a POW. He participated in the Algerian-French Morocco, Tunisian, and Central Europe Campaigns and was awarded three bronze stars for those campaigns along with a Good Conduct Medal. On his return to Winterset, Carl became a mail carrier and owned and operated a small engine sales and repair shop. He enjoyed antiques and playing cards and had been a member of the First Christian Church and V.F.W. Post #8142. Belle died in 1983 and a short time later Carl married Maxine Kirk-Joy. A few years after Maxine’s death in 1996 Carl moved to Missouri.
Carl is survived by his son, Martin R. (Mary) Hircock of Perkins, Mo.; brother, Roger Hircock of Winterset; sister, Esther Mae Rogers of Grimes; grandchildren, Brian T. (Mimi) Hircock and Chad M. Hircock; step-granddaughter, Deborah Wierschke; and great-grandchildren, Daniel Hircock and Joshua Hircock.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lannie and Lois (Clark) Hircock; wife, Belle Lorraine Hircock; his second wife, Maxine Kirk-Joy; brother, Russell Irwin Hircock; and step-granddaughters, Lora Cook and Mary Ann Chapman.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset. Online condolences may be left at www.mccalleyfuneralhome.com
_________________________Transcriber's note: Carl Hircock was a great grandson of Caleb and Ruth Clark, among the first settlers in Madison County.
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