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Albert Hoersch (died July 1, 1972, aged 81) lived at 417 West Chew Street in the [[Olney, Philadelphia|Olney]] section of [[Philadelphia]], the house later owned by his grandson, the pornographer and fugitive [[R.C. Horsch]], and from 2006 by his great-grandson [[Eugene Horsch]], and searched by the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] in the [[Olney House Investigation]] of 2026.[^1][^2][^3]
Albert Hoersch (died July 1, 1972, aged 81) lived at 417 West Chew Street in the [[Olney, Philadelphia|Olney]] section of [[Philadelphia]], the house later owned by his grandson, the pornographer and fugitive [[R.C. Horsch]], and from 2007 by his great-grandson [[Eugene Horsch]], and searched by the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] in the [[Olney House Investigation]] of 2026.[^1][^2][^3]
### Family
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### Death
He died on July 1, 1972. His funeral service was held at the Schneider Funeral Home, 617-619 West Olney Avenue, and he was buried in [[Hillside Cemetery]], as his wife had been. The *[[The Philadelphia Inquirer|Philadelphia Inquirer]]* reported in 2026 that Eugene Horsch acquired the Chew Avenue house from his father in 2006.[^1][^2][^3]
He died on July 1, 1972. His funeral service was held at the Schneider Funeral Home, 617-619 West Olney Avenue, and he was buried in [[Hillside Cemetery]], as his wife had been. The city's deed index records a deed of October 1, 2007, naming his daughter Helen M. Hoersch, who had died in 2004, as grantor ("Hoersch Helen M") and Eugene A. Horsch as grantee.[^1][^2][^3][^7] His grandson said in 2013 that he had suffered from depression all his life and added, "I think my grandfather, my paternal grandfather, died of it."[^8]
### Footnotes
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[^4]: "Hoersch, Helen M.," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* April 7, 2004, p. B12. https://www.newspapers.com/image/201102740/
[^5]: Find a Grave memorial 25275352, "Albert Hoersch Jr.," headstone inscription "LT US Navy WWII," St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery, West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25275352/albert-hoersch
[^6]: [Social column], *The Daily Intelligencer* (Doylestown), January 10, 1955, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40163522/
[^7]: City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, real estate transfer index, 417 W. Chew Ave., deed document 51798675, executed October 1, 2007, recorded October 26, 2007, grantor "Hoersch Helen M," grantee "Horsch Eugene A"; later mortgages of 2007 and 2009 and satisfaction of 2025, via the city's open data (rtt_summary). https://phl.carto.com/api/v2/sql?q=SELECT%20*%20FROM%20rtt_summary%20WHERE%20street_address%20=%20%27417%20W%20CHEW%20AVE%27
[^8]: West, Ashley. "Ray Horsch: Sociopathic Villain," *The Rialto Report,* Podcast 27, 2013, audio at 1:29:47 to 1:29:57 (depression; audio preserved in a Wayback Machine capture of March 31, 2019). https://web.archive.org/web/20190331064614/http://traffic.libsyn.com/therialtoreport/27_Rialto_Report_027_-_Ray_Horsch__Sociopathic_Villain.mp3