52 Ancestors: Week 2- Dorothy Jean Hendricks Jeckering Potchik (1926-2010)

Dorothy Jean Hendricks

Relation to me: Paternal Grandmother

born: 09 June 1926 in Jeffersonville, Indiana 
died: 02 August 2010 in Dayton, Ohio, age 84

Parents: Isaac Hendricks Jr. (1883-1942) & Myrtle May Hyman (1884-1953)

Siblings: Harry Oliver (1903-1971), Grace (1904-1917), Ida Pauline (1906-1975), Mary Kathaleena (1908-1976), Catherine Virginia (1913-1989), Charles Woodrow (1917-1973), Edna Viola (1919-1919), Melvin Clifford (1921-2003).

On 02 Aug 1947, Dorothy married Paul George Jeckering (1925-1954), son of Gerhard Jeckering & Josephine Dabueliwicz. 

Paul and Dorothy had 4 children together, although she would be pregnant with the 4th child when Paul died of kidney failure due to lupus. 

1. Jean Marie Jeckering (1948-1996)

2. Michael Lee Jeckering (1950-2022)

3. Karla Joanne Jeckering

4. Paul David Jeckering (1954-2016)

Paul died January 11, 1954, a couple of months before his youngest Paul was born.

The last family picture of Paul, Dorothy & their 3 children, Christmas Day 1953

Two years later, on 11 February 1956, Dorothy married John Potchik (1926-1988), son of Balint "William" Pocsik (1880-1953) & Louise Szucs (1889-1963). John treated Dorothy's 4 children as his own but the couple went on to have 4 more children together- four boys:

1. John Mark Potchik (1957-2005)

2. Carl Anthony Potchik

3. William Joseph Potchik 

4. Frank Stephen Potchik 

Family Photo- Back: Jean, Mike, Karla, Paul
Front: John (holding John Mark & Carl) and Dorothy (holding Bill)

Census Records:

1930- April 11- 201 Bainbridge St., Dayton, Ohio- home is rented for $28/month

(house is no longer there--- commercialized warehouse/looking buildings there now)

    household members: 

• Isaac Hendricks, Head, age 47, Lineman for Power light Gas
• Myrtle M. Hendricks, Wife, age 46
• Harry Hendricks, Son, age 26, Motorman for Elec. Rail Road
• Ida P. Hendricks, Daughter, age 27, Packer for Laundry (service)
• Mary C. Hendricks, Daughter, age 21, Clerk for Retail Store
• Catherine V. Hendricks, Daughter, age 18, Ironer for Laundry (service)
• Charles W. Hendricks, Son, age 13
• Melvin C. Hendricks, Son, age 8
• Dorothy J. Hendricks, Daughter, age 3

1940- April 4- 66 S. Terry Street, Dayton, Ohio- home is rented for $25/month

    household members: 

• Isaac Hendricks, Head, age 57, Laborer
• Myrtle Hendricks, Wife, age 56
• Catherine Hendricks, Daughter, age 27, Folder (probably Laundry service)
• Melvin Hendricks, Son, age 18, Laborer
• Dorothy Hendricks, Daughter, age 13

1950- Unfortunately, I couldn't find Dorothy & her husband Paul in the 1950 U.S. Census. 

John died in 1988 at the age of 62 and he and Dorothy share a gravestone in the Valley View Memorial Gardens in Xenia, Ohio- Lot 124, B, Space 1 & 2: Dorothy joined him in 2010 at the age of 84. (I don't know when, but Dorothy was diagnosed with colon cancer and had to have her colon removed, leaving her with a colostomy bag). 

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