Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. (1924 - 1997)

Born 1 Feb 1924 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla S. (Storer) Hornberger — married 6 Jul 1946 in Maine

Died 4 Nov 1997 at age 73 in Maine, United States

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Biography

Hiester Richard Hornberger was born February 1, 1924 in Trenton, New Jersey. His parents were Hiester R. Hornberger and Verena Hilton Chaney.

He was a graduate of Bowdoin College and Cornell University Medical School and became a thoracic specialist, practicing in Maine.

Dr. Richard Hornberger served in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 8055 which was stationed at the 38th parallel in Korea.

Richard Hornberger wrote the novel "M*A*S*H" under the pseudonym of "Richard Hooker." He served in the United States Army as a surgeon in a mobile army surgical hospital unit during the Korean War. His book was adapted into a 1970 motion picture, and into a highly successful television series. Later, he wrote a series of "After MASH" books, set in Maine and other U.S. States.

He married Priscilla S. Storer on July 6, 1946 at Augusta, Maine. Their children include the late Stephen C. Hornberger and four other children.

He passed away in 1997 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.

His Books include:

1. MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1968)
2. M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (Jun 1971)
3. M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1975)
4. M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1975)
5. M*A*S*H Goes to London (with William E Butterworth) (June 1975)
6. M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1976)
7. M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas (with William E Butterworth) (Jan 1976)
8. M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood (with William E Butterworth) (April 1976)
9. M*A*S*H Goes to Miami (with William E Butterworth) (Sep 1976)
10. M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco (with William E Butterworth) (Nov 1976)
11. M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna (with William E Butterworth) (June 1976)
12. M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal (with William E Butterworth) (1977)
13. M*A*S*H Goes to Texas (with William E Butterworth) (Feb 1977)
14. M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow (with William E Butterworth) (Sep 1977)
15. M*A*S*H Mania (1977)

Sources

• Wikipedia Entry for "Richard Hooker", pseudonym of Richard Hornberger

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4RB-64N : 11 January 2021), Hiester R Hoanberger in household of Hiester R Hoanberger, Hightstown, East Windsor Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-42, sheet 61A, line 21, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2357.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LN-3ZR : 5 December 2014), Hiester R Jr Hornberger, enlisted 14 Dec 1942, Portland, Maine, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJZ-PBL : 27 November 2014), Heister R Hornberger Jr and Priscilla Storer, 06 Jul 1946; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTGS-BZP : 7 January 2021), H Richard Hornberger, 04 Nov 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWM-MBL2 : accessed 25 February 2022), H Richard Hornberger Jr, Maine, United States, 05 Nov 1997; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Portland Press Herald, born-digital text.

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