Kenneth A Hochholzer

1924 - 2014

Kenneth A Hochholzer obituary, 1924-2014, Birmingham, AL

Kenneth A Hochholzer

1924 - 2014

BORN

1924

DIED

2014

Kenneth Hochholzer Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jul. 1, 2014.
Kenneth A. Hochholzer, 89, of North Shelby County, died June 30, 2014, at home with members of his family.

He was born on December 8, 1924, in Clemscott, Oklahoma, the son of the late Myrtle and Frank Hochholzer.

He proudly served in the Pacific during WWII and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After the war, he attended the University of Alabama. He was retired from the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit.

Mr. Hochholzer was a member of Meadow Brook Baptist Church.

He was proceeded in death by his wife of sixty-two years, Virginia Hochholzer and his sisters Loweta Newsome, Virginia Eulenstein, and nephew Charles Edward Cunningham.

Mr. Hochholzer is survived by his daughter, Diane H. Eward; granddaughter, Elizabeth Markeles and her husband Kevin; great grandson, Gabriel Markeles; nephews James Cunningham, Steve Marks, and Bill Marks.

Graveside service was held 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Elmwood Cemetery.

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