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- Kenneth Hancock, 85, Defiance, died Wednesday evening, November 23, 2011, at CHP Defiance Area In-Patient Hospice Center, Defiance.
He was born April 9, 1926, in Defiance County, the son of Dale S. and Catherine H. (Sprow) Hancock. On October
29, 1966, he married Betty J. Compton, who survives. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army as a radioman for General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, and a life member of VFW Post 3360 and a member of AMVETS Post 1991. He was a mechanic with Toledo Edison for 37 years and also a member of the International Brotherhood Electrical Union 245. He was member of Sherwood United Methodist Church and a charter member of the Noble Township Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as captain. He was a life member of the Defiance Fish and Game Club, member of Defiance Eagles and Buckeye Roller Rink, loved bowling at Defiance Recreation and worked in the Sherwood United Methodist Church restaurant under the grandstand at the Defiance County Fair.
Surviving are his wife, Betty J. Compton Hancock; four daughters, Peggy Speck of Jessup, GA, Mary (Ron) Burdine of Antwerp, OH, Patsy Zachrich of Defiance, OH and Ginny (Randy) Retcher, Defiance, OH; a son, Dale Hancock, Defiance, OH; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hubert Hancock of Sherwood, OH, and Harold Hancock, Osseo, MI; and a step-brother, Steve Steffel, Zanesville, IN.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Beverly Hancock; a grandson; and four brothers, Roger, Ronald and Maynard Hancock and Robert Hancock in infancy.
Services will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 28, 2011, at Sherwood United Methodist Church, with Rev. Kevin Doseck officiating. Entombment will be in Riverview Memory Gardens Mausoleum, where military graveside rites will be accorded by VFW Post 3360. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Hanenkrath-Clevenger-Schaffer Funeral Home, Defiance, OH, and one hour prior to the services at the church on Monday. There will be a fireman's memorial service Sunday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to Sherwood United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice. Hanenkrath-Clevenger-Schaffer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. [2, 4]
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