William Stuart Hommerbocker Jr's Obituary
William Stuart Hommerbocker Jr., 78, died peacefully in his sleep Monday, March 31 at his home in Cape Coral. He was born to William Stuart and Margaret (nee; Paul) Hommerbocker in Baltimore, Maryland on May 14, 1930.Stuart is survived by his wife Janet; sons: John (Sandye), Bill and Stephen (Jami), and daughter Stacy (Terrone); sister Marlene (Jack) Beck; brother-in-law Kenneth Gronberg; and many nieces and nephews. Sister-in-law Martha Murphy is deceased.Stuart graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Engineering.He began his career as a draftsman at the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1948. Other positions held were assistant division manager at Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, construction manager at Maryland Properties Inc., and corporate Vice-President at First Virginia Bank Shares Corp. He retired from Kraft Construction Company in Naples, Florida as Senior Vice President in 1996.A lifelong member of the Masonic Order, he received his 50 year membership award in April of 2002 at Sharon Lodge 182 in Reisterstown, Maryland. He served as Master of Sharon Lodge in 1959. Other Masonic activities include serving as Grand Inspector, Senior Grand Deacon and Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Maryland.After retiring he pursued interests in travel and music. He was a member of Cape Coral First United Methodist Church.He will be interred at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens at a private service. Friends are invited to a memorial service on Monday April 6, at 11:30am in the Sanctuary of Cape Coral First United Methodist Church. Refreshments will follow at fellowship hall.In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Cape Coral First United Methodist Church. http://www.ccfumcfl.org or the Cape Coral Caring Center http://www.capecoralcaringcenter.org.Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33907, 239-936-0555.Home
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