Richard Winfield Hancock

1925 - 1977  (51 years)

• Name	Richard Winfield Hancock
  Nickname	Dick, Red
  Birth	25 Dec 1925	Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Air National Guard
  Military Service	US Navy, World War II
  	Seaman 1st Class
  Death	28 Jun 1977	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  	Age: 51y 6m 3d
  Burial	1 Jul 1977	Hillside Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I44	PM Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Albert Edmund Hancock, Sr,   b. 19 Dec 1895, Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jan 1972, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sigrid Sophia Johnson,   b. 30 May 1892, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA d. 14 Jul 1955, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1922	Swedish Covenant Congregational Church, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
  	Sig and Bud were married at the Swedish Covenant Congregational Church in Cromwell at the top of Norland Avenue (church has since burned and relocated to West Cromwell). Bud was listed as an electrician on their marriage certificate; Sig was listed as a nurse (LPN).
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marion Malick
  Children	1. Susan Elaine Hancock   2. Phillip Kenneth Hancock   3. Richard Winfield Hancock, Jr
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2023

  
  

• Headstones

  Richard Winfield Hancock

  
  

• Notes

  ABT 1949/1950, Dick was hit by a train at the crossing in Windsor Locks that went over to the next town, Warehouse Point. There was no automatic signal. The train guard signaled. Dick's car was stopped. The train went by, the man lifted the gate. Dick couldn't see the train coming from the opposite direction. He was driving Buddy's blue Buick. The train hit the side of his car. Dick was thrown out. Ginger, the dog, was thrown out through the open door. Dick was shaken but okay. When the police came, they wanted to know where the body of the driver was. The car was demolished. After the accident automatic gates were installed.