Harold Lee Pocklington, Sr.

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Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, August 19, 1965
Page Three

Algonac Civic Leader Dies in Hospital

H. Lee Pocklington, 75, longtime civic leader of Algonac and village president 13 years, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Port Huron, after a long illness.

Mr. Pocklington was born Sept. 5, 1889, in Ridgeway, Mich.

He and the former Clara V. Lenzner were married in 1908. Mrs. Pocklington died Jan. 3, 1944.

One of Mr. Pocklington's sons, Robert R. Pocklington of Algonac is missing and presumed drowned in a fishing accident Aug. 9.

Another son, Harold L. Pocklington of Algonac, is executive director of the Leader Dog School for the Blind at Rochester and is a Lions International Counselor.

Two other sons are Herbert Pocklington of Deerfield, Fla., and James Pocklington of Salisbury, Md.

Mr. Pocklington is survived also by a daughter Mrs. William Eugenis of Algonac.

Funeral services were to be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Gilbert Funeral Home.

Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)

The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 25, published on September 6, 1965, reported his death as well. It also noted that he had received Algonac's Outstanding Citizen Award in 1963.

Harold married Clara Viola Lenzner on 5 Sep 1908. Clara (daughter of Christian Oscar "C.O." Lenzner, Jr. and Sophia Ahr) was born on 15 Mar 1888 in Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 3 Jan 1944 in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harold Lee Pocklington, Jr. was born on 11 Jun 1910 in Michigan; died on 23 Jun 1986 in Ira, St. Clair County, Michigan; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan.
2. Dorothea Mae Pocklington was born on 6 Dec 1912 in Michigan; died in May 1986 in Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan.
3. James Richard Pocklington, II was born on 3 Aug 1915 in Michigan; died in Jul 1986 in Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida.
4. David Herbert Pocklington was born about 1920 in Michigan; died about 1922 in Michigan.
5. Robert Ray Pocklington was born on 3 Mar 1925 in Michigan.
6. Living