Richard
Hookway
Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Reuben H Hookway
and Mary (Yost) Hookway
Brother of
Dorothy (Hookway) Tincher, Reuben James Hookway, Earl J Hookway, Doris Pearl (Hookway) Crater, [private brother (1930s - unknown)] and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Husband of
[private wife (1930s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and Debbie May (Hookway) Steiner
Died
at age 82
in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2015
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Biography
Richard Hookway served in the United States Army in the Korean War
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- Richard L. Hookway Sr., husband of Virginia V. (Bowen) Hookway, of Strasburg, PA, formerly of Limerick, PA, died early Friday morning, November 9, 2012[1] in the Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA.
- Born in Pottstown, PA, he was a son of the late Rueben H. and Mary A. (Yost) Hookway. Mr. Hookway attended the Royersford High School. A veteran, Mr. Hookway served for the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked for over 37 years for Superior Tube in Collegeville before retiring in 1993. He was an active member of the Limerick Historical Society. Mr. Hookway was also an avid Phillies, Eagles and Notre Dame fan. He was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Limerick, PA, and more recently attended the Wesley United Methodist Church in Strasburg.
- In addition to his wife of 57 years, Mr. Hookway is survived by two children,; three siblings, five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Hookway was predeceased by one daughter, Debbie M. Hookway-Steiner, and three siblings, Rueben James "Sonny" Hookway, Doris Crater and Earl Hookway[2]
- He is buried in the Limerick Garden of Memories, Limerick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States of America[3]
Census
- 1940 Ward 2, Royersford, Royersford Borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BK-Q7H : 20 May 2014), Richard L Hookway, 09 Nov 2012; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ The Mercury on Nov. 13, 2012
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100455597
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDB-K8V : accessed 1 October 2016), Richard Hookway in household of Ruben Hookway, Ward 2, Royersford, Royersford Borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-188, sheet 15A, family 318, 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 3584.
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