William Gochenour Jr. passes - 2016

           If one goes far enough back in the Cokonougher family tree, one will encounter the surnames of some family members that are spelled as "Gochenour".  Indeed, there are many descendants of these same family members who still today spell their surname as "Gochenour".  One of these was William Gochenour Jr., who was very interested in genealogy, and who did much work on the family tree.  He and I corresponded a few times, but were unable to break that genealogical brick wall that provides written documentation of the connection between our ancestor Adtson Cokonougher (sic Cohinour) and the Gochenour ancestors.  I believe we both had no doubts of the validity of the connection though.  Part of the the following information is from an obituary for William.
          William Alfred Gochenour, Jr., age 73 of Arlington,TX passed away on September 20, 2016 after a long complicated medical condition. He was born 2 November 1942 and was the oldest son of the late Hazel Marie Herrington Rutherford and William A. Gochenour, Sr.  He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Gloria Tunog Gochenour; a daughter, Concetta Mia Lowell; 3 grandchildren from a previous marriage; two brothers, Steven Carl Gochenour and Earl Lee Benson; a sister, Marie Elaine Floyd; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and in-laws.
          William served in the United States Air Force for 12 years, including tours of duty in Thailand and Vietnam during the Vietnam War.  He retired from the Sprint Company in the early 90's.
          William wrote and published more than 7 books on Genealogy Research and was especially proud of "Gochenours in the Civil War". His books are in Dallas, Arlington, Peru, Indiana and Utah libraries.  He also published an on-line family newsletter of the Gochenour family history called "The Trailseekers".  He served as President of the Arlington GenealogicaL Society, Arlington Amateur Radio Club, and was very much involved with Asia-America Civic Association in the 80's.
          William's hobbies also included Coca-Cola Memorabilia's, bells around the world, fishing, camping, world travel, and amateur photography.  He enjoyed sketching cartoons.  He received numerous awards and recognitions on his hobbies and employment over the years.  He was Marble Champion of the year at age 11.  William's journey in life was filled with unusual, challenging and spectacular events.

William Alfred Gochenour Jr.

                                                     William Gochenour Jr. and wife Gloria.