George Hitchcock

HITCHCOCK KERNERSVILLE - George Hitchcock, 73, died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A native of Toronto, Ohio, he was the son of the late Catherine Theresa Hoary and George James Hitchcock. He retired after 22 years of service from EcoLab. He was a 32nd-degree Mason and thoroughly loved muskie fishing and his woodworking. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Kathleen Fetsko and Mary Evangeline Hitchcock. Survivors include his wife, Sheila Layman Hitchcock of the home; daughters Mary Bradley of Morris, Ill., and Catherine Theresa Patterson and her husband, Scott, of Villa Park, Ill.; sons George James Hitchcock and his wife Marion of Toronto, Ohio; Terrence Scott Hitchcock and his wife, Meg, of Channahon, Ill.; Edward Vernon Hitchcock and his wife, Lisa, of Kernersville; James Eldred Hitchcock and his wife, Amanda, of Morris, Ill.; and Daniel Todd Hitchcock of Morris, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and sister Mildred Mellott of Toronto, Ohio. Online condolences may be made to the Hitchcock family at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com.