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Dr. Joseph Leonard "Joe" Hammack

Joseph Hammack Obituary

Dr. Joseph "Joe" Leonard Hammack Dr. Joseph "Joe" Leonard Hammack, Jr. died Friday, September 10, 2004. He was the son of the late Joseph Leonard Hammack, Sr. and Ella Frances Coggins Hammack Melton. He was the husband of Diane Henderson for sixteen years. He was a professor of Mathematics at Penn State University. Survived by his wife, sons Jom Hammack and Fiancee Heather Day and Knox Hammack, daughter Joanna Hammack. Preceded in death by parents and stepfather Charles Melton. The funeral service will be held Wednesday September 15, 2004 at 2:00pm at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends Tuesday night from 6 to 8pm. Memorials may be made to The Four Diamonds Fund, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Office of University Development, A120, 600 Centerview Dr. P.O. Box 852, Hershey, PA 17033-0852 and Knox Millsaps Graduate Fellowship Scholarship, 311 Weil Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

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Published by Centre Daily Times on Sep. 14, 2004.

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John Newlin

August 31, 2020

Joe was a great friend in my high school/college days. He and I roomed together two years while at NC State University. After graduation, we went separate ways and lived far far from each other the rest of our lives. He was indeed as others have said, a wonderful person, rock solid in his friendship. I saw him last when his mother died and I happened to be in the Burlington NC area. That was not too long before he passed away.

Brian Broking

September 16, 2004

Joe was a wonderful person. He always had a smile and a good word. He will be missed. He and his family are in my prayers.

Lisa Dibert Komidar

September 14, 2004

Joe and his family are truly wonderful people. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to them during this time.

Ron Eaken Jr.

September 14, 2004

I just want to say that Joe was the kind of guy you would wish everyone was like. Always smiling and always had a good word.He will be missed greatly.

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