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The Lawrenceburg Register
Lawrenceburg, IN (Dearborn Col)
July 23, 1931
William J.Bockhorst, son of Henry and Mary Ellinghausen Bockhorst, was born in Lawrenceburg township, Dearborn county, Indiana, February 27, 1869.
He was baptized in infancy. He ratirfied the promises made for him at Baptism on March 21, 1882 when he was confirmed in the faith of the Evangelical Lutheran church, Bellair, by the Rev, John Sierman, where he remained a faithful member until death.
On July 16, 1831, 12:00 o'clock noon, at the age of sixty-two years, four months and nineteen days, he received the summons, "Come, beloved, to the home prepared for the Lord's faithful," and closing his eyes on earthly scenes, he now beholds the glory of God.
He spent the early part of his life at home with his parents and for a number of years he was a carpenter. Following the death of his mother in 1909 he, with his sister, Sophia, purchased the farm they now reside upon. Here they lived very happily together for twenty years, sharing the joys and sorrows of life. He will be deeply mourned by her, as he was a very devoted brother.
He was especially fond of children, and he will be sadly missed by the little ones who knew him as "Uncle Bill."
He spent all the days of his earthly existence in the same township where he was born,and he was known as a faithful brother, a kind and hospitalble neighbor and an earnest Christian.
Left to mourn are two sisters, Sophia, with whom he resided and Mrs. Alice Engelking of Newkirk, Oklahoma; three brothers, Henry of Lawrenceburg township, John of Aurora, Ind., and Louis of Cleves, O.; two nephews and one niece, William Leffler, Ora Bockhorst and Mrs. Andrew Gree, who were reared by his parents and who were very near and dear to him, and a host of other nephews, nieces and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, mother, three sisters and one brother.
Bockhorst and her brother, William, had lived happily together on the old Henry Reinking farm near Bellair, which they had purchased following the death of their parents. Death entered the portal about eighteen months ago and took the brother, leaving the sister alone. This good christian woman then took into her home a friendless boy, Irvine Warren, fifteen years old.