1947-2004

BRUNSWICK – Harrison Everet Hornbeck II, 83, of Brunswick, died at a Brunswick hospital, Friday, Jan. 16. He was born Oct. 11, 1920, in Catskill, N.Y., the son of Harold C. and Cleora C. Hornbeck. He graduated from the Syracuse University School of Journalism in 1942.

During World War II, he served as a First Lieutenant with the 788 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 9th Army. He served in the European Theater of Operations in France, Belgium and Germany. His unit was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge.

He married Lucille Hoag on April 5, 1947, in Binghamton, N.Y.

After the war he was employed as the advertising manager for the Courier-Standard-Enterprise, a weekly newspaper, in Fort Plain, N.Y., and later served as the newspaper’s vice-president.

In 1969, he became the advertising manager for the Amsterdam Recorder, a daily newspaper, in Amsterdam, N.Y. Until his retirement in 1986, he was assistant to the publisher of the Recorder and general manager of its weekly newspapers.

He served as an officer of the New York Press Association for many years and was its president from 1985-1986. He had been a member of the Board of Directors of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Directors of Montgomery County Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and he was a life member of the Fort Plain Rotary Club. He was a member of the Fort Plain Reformed Church and, later, of the Canajoharie Reformed Church.

He and his wife moved to Maine in 1987. He was a member of the First Parish Church in Brunswick, as well as a volunteer at Mid-Coast Hospital and a former member of the Board of Directors of the 55-Plus Center. He was also a volunteer Bowdoin College track official.

In addition to Lucille, his wife of 57 years, he is survived by: a daughter, Mary Beth Feldman, and her husband, Michael, of Bowdoin; a daughter, Jan Chapman, and her husband, Dudley, of Medina, Ohio; a daughter, Susan Hornbeck, of Holland Patent, N.Y.; a son, Robert Hornbeck, and his wife, Joan Andrews, of Vienna, Va.; and seven grandchildren, Daniel, Samuel and Sarah Feldman, Ian and Ben Chapman, and Kailyn and Kathryn Hornbeck.

He was predeceased by a grandchild, Rachel Feldman, died in 1990.