The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 3, 1944, page 1

MIKE HOCTOR PASSES AWAY TUESDAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS

     Mike Hoctor, pioneer farmer and stockman, passed away at his home Tuesday evening at 5:30 after an illness of fifteen months.
     He had been a resident of Klickitat County for 61 years, and had lived on his ranch south of Goldendale for 48 years, having moved to town last March.
     Hoctor was born in Omaha, Neb., on December 20, 1871, and later moved to California. Afterward he came to The Dalles, and then to Klickitat county. For the past 40 years he had been buying and selling livestock through Portland.
     He is survived by eight children, all of whom live in Goldendale except Richard, whose home is in Ellensburg.
     William, John, Mrs. Agnes Sarsfield, Joe, Fred, Richard, Mrs. Grace Fuchs and Robert are his children. Funeral arrangements had not been made Wednesday morning.

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