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### Bucks County
He married [[Clara Hoersch|Clara Hagerty]], a daughter of [[Eugene D. Hagerty]] and [[Cecilia T. Hagerty]] of [[Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania|Stroudsburg]]. In January 1955 a Bucks County social column reported that Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch had been entertained at a New Year's Eve party in [[Paoli, Pennsylvania|Paoli]] in honor of their thirteenth wedding anniversary, and that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoersch of Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hagerty of [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] had been their guests.[^5][^6] His son described a childhood on a farm near Stroudsburg, a one-room schoolhouse, and a father with whom he "never, ever agreed about anything," especially about the Second World War and the [[Vietnam War]], but who "would always stand up for me and pretty much get me out of whatever trouble I was in with the authorities."[^1][^3]
He married [[Clara Hoersch|Clara Hagerty]], a daughter of [[Eugene D. Hagerty]] and [[Cecilia T. Hagerty]] of [[Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania|Stroudsburg]].[^5] In January 1955 a Bucks County social column reported that Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch had been entertained at a New Year's Eve party in [[Paoli, Pennsylvania|Paoli]] in honor of their thirteenth wedding anniversary, and that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoersch of Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hagerty of [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] had been their guests.[^6][^7] His son described a childhood on a farm near Stroudsburg, a one-room schoolhouse, and a father with whom he "never, ever agreed about anything," especially about the Second World War and the [[Vietnam War]], but who "would always stand up for me and pretty much get me out of whatever trouble I was in with the authorities."[^1][^3]
In May 1964 a firm named R. C. Hoersch & Associates, at Rural Delivery 1, [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]], advertised in *[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]* for a mechanical design draftsman.[^7] In September 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch "of Doylestown" attended the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Clara's parents in Stroudsburg with their daughter Helen; the son's wife attended separately, listed as Mrs. Raymond Hoersch Jr., of Philadelphia.[^8] The following month Raymond C. Hoersch and his wife sold a property on Gayman Road in [[Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania|Plumstead Township]] for 48,000 dollars.[^9] In July 1971, when a car he owned crashed into a tree on South York Road in [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]] with his daughter, then Mrs. Bowers, in it, he was living at the English Village Apartments in [[Horsham Township, Pennsylvania|Horsham]]; in September 1971 he bought a property in [[Chalfont, Pennsylvania|Chalfont]] from Karl R. Zuch for 36,400 dollars, and in July 1973 the Chalfont borough council approved the division of land he owned on Oak Avenue into three lots.[^10][^11][^12]
In May 1964 a firm named R. C. Hoersch & Associates, at Rural Delivery 1, [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]], advertised in *[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]* for a mechanical design draftsman.[^8] In September 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch "of Doylestown" attended the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Clara's parents in Stroudsburg with their daughter Helen; the son's wife attended separately, listed as Mrs. Raymond Hoersch Jr., of Philadelphia.[^9] The following month Raymond C. Hoersch and his wife sold a property on Gayman Road in [[Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania|Plumstead Township]] for 48,000 dollars.[^10] In July 1971, when a car he owned crashed into a tree on South York Road in [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]] with his daughter, then Mrs. Bowers, in it, he was living at the English Village Apartments in [[Horsham Township, Pennsylvania|Horsham]]; in September 1971 he bought a property in [[Chalfont, Pennsylvania|Chalfont]] from Karl R. Zuch for 36,400 dollars, and in July 1973 the Chalfont borough council approved the division of land he owned on Oak Avenue into three lots.[^11][^12][^13]
### 523 North Main Street
The house at 523 North Main Street, Chalfont, was the address his son gave in December 1972 when, as "Raymond C. Hoersch, Jr.," he sued the Secretary of the Army to void his call to active duty, and in December 1974, when the [[United States Secret Service]] arrested the son for counterfeiting, officials described it as his parents' home, where he had been living recently.[^13][^14] On August 20, 1973, a Cessna 210A, registration N1437J, was registered to "Hoersch Raymond C" at that address; the registration was cancelled on July 11, 1984. On July 26, 1981, while the son was living in [[New Zealand]] under a false identity, the aircraft lost power in its initial climb from [[Doylestown Airport]] and was brought back for a wheels-up landing; the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] recorded the pilot in command as 62 years old, an engineer holding a commercial certificate, with a minor injury.[^15][^16] Clara Hoersch was still living in Chalfont in 1991.[^5]
The house at 523 North Main Street, Chalfont, was the address his son gave in December 1972 when, as "Raymond C. Hoersch, Jr.," he sued the Secretary of the Army to void his call to active duty, and in December 1974, when the [[United States Secret Service]] arrested the son for counterfeiting, officials described it as his parents' home, where he had been living recently.[^14][^15] On August 20, 1973, a Cessna 210A, registration N1437J, was registered to "Hoersch Raymond C" at that address; the registration was cancelled on July 11, 1984. On July 26, 1981, while the son was living in [[New Zealand]] under a false identity, the aircraft lost power in its initial climb from [[Doylestown Airport]] and was brought back for a wheels-up landing; the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] recorded the pilot in command as 62 years old, an engineer holding a commercial certificate, with a minor injury.[^16][^17] Clara Hoersch was still living in Chalfont in 1991.[^6]
### Footnotes
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[^2]: "Hoersch, Albert," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* July 3, 1972, p. 10 ("father of Albert Jr., Raymond C., Helen M Hoersch, 417 W. Chew st."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/180006503/
[^3]: "How a pornographer's violent fantasies blurred fact and fiction as cops searched Olney house for missing women," *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* August 2, 2026. https://www.inquirer.com/news/a/raymond-eugene-horsch-olney-philadelphia-missing-women-history-20260802.html
[^4]: [Notice seeking former World War II glider pilots], *The Times Leader* (Wilkes-Barre), January 29, 1979, p. 36; the same notice ran in *The Mountaintop Eagle* and *The Miner* (Carbondale) in January and February 1979. https://www.newspapers.com/image/407620980/
[^5]: "Cecilia T. Hagerty," obituary, *The Morning Call,* October 26, 1991, p. 115 ("Daughter, Clara Hoersch of Chalfont, Bucks County"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/283774999/
[^6]: [Social column], *The Daily Intelligencer* (Doylestown), January 10, 1955, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40163522/
[^7]: [Classified advertisement, "Draftsman, Mechanical Design"], *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* May 12, 1964, p. 42. Whether the firm was the father's or the son's is not stated. https://www.newspapers.com/image/180608119/
[^8]: [Report of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hagerty], *Pocono Record* (Stroudsburg), September 26, 1969, p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40464241/
[^9]: [Bucks County real-estate transfers], *News Herald* (Perkasie), October 29, 1969, p. 29 ("Plumstead ... Raymond C. Hoersch ux to John W. Richards ux $48,000 ... Gayman Rd."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/540614261/
[^10]: [Report of a car crash on South York Road], *The Daily Intelligencer,* July 21, 1971, p. 25 ("The car is owned by Raymond Hoersch, English Village Apartments, Horsham. Hoersch is the father of Mrs. Bowers."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/47541500/
[^11]: [Bucks County real-estate transfers], *The Daily Intelligencer,* September 10, 1971, p. 8 ("Chalfont: ... Karl R. Zuch to Raymond C. Hoersch, $36,400"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/47552873/
[^12]: [Chalfont borough council report], *The Reporter* (Lansdale), July 19, 1973, p. 4 ("A subdivision of land owned by Raymond C. Hoersch, located at Oak ave., was approved"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/1034188168/
[^13]: Hoersch v. Froehlke, 382 F. Supp. 1235 (E.D. Pa. 1974). https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2596970/hoersch-v-froehlke/
[^14]: "[...] bogus $180,000 in Bucks raid," *The Morning Call* (Allentown), December 11, 1974, p. 5 ("The Chalfont address was identified as Hoersch's parents' home where he had been living recently"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/275702319/
[^15]: Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Registry, Aircraft Deregistered File, record for N1437J, downloaded September 23, 2026. https://registry.faa.gov/database/ReleasableAircraft.zip
[^16]: National Transportation Safety Board, pre-1982 aviation accident database, record for N1437J, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1981. https://data.ntsb.gov/avdata
[^5]: The marriage is inferred rather than stated in any one document: Cecilia T. Hagerty's obituary of 1991 names her daughter "Clara Hoersch of Chalfont"; he bought property in Chalfont in 1971 and lived at 523 North Main Street there; and the *Pocono Record* in 1969 listed "Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch" among the Hagerty children and grandchildren. "Cecilia T. Hagerty," obituary, *The Morning Call,* October 26, 1991, p. 115, https://www.newspapers.com/image/283774999/; *Pocono Record,* September 26, 1969, p. 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/40464241/
[^6]: "Cecilia T. Hagerty," obituary, *The Morning Call,* October 26, 1991, p. 115 ("Daughter, Clara Hoersch of Chalfont, Bucks County"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/283774999/
[^7]: [Social column], *The Daily Intelligencer* (Doylestown), January 10, 1955, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40163522/
[^8]: [Classified advertisement, "Draftsman, Mechanical Design"], *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* May 12, 1964, p. 42. Whether the firm was the father's or the son's is not stated. https://www.newspapers.com/image/180608119/
[^9]: [Report of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hagerty], *Pocono Record* (Stroudsburg), September 26, 1969, p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40464241/
[^10]: [Bucks County real-estate transfers], *News Herald* (Perkasie), October 29, 1969, p. 29 ("Plumstead ... Raymond C. Hoersch ux to John W. Richards ux $48,000 ... Gayman Rd."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/540614261/
[^11]: [Report of a car crash on South York Road], *The Daily Intelligencer,* July 21, 1971, p. 25 ("The car is owned by Raymond Hoersch, English Village Apartments, Horsham. Hoersch is the father of Mrs. Bowers."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/47541500/
[^12]: [Bucks County real-estate transfers], *The Daily Intelligencer,* September 10, 1971, p. 8 ("Chalfont: ... Karl R. Zuch to Raymond C. Hoersch, $36,400"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/47552873/
[^13]: [Chalfont borough council report], *The Reporter* (Lansdale), July 19, 1973, p. 4 ("A subdivision of land owned by Raymond C. Hoersch, located at Oak ave., was approved"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/1034188168/
[^14]: Hoersch v. Froehlke, 382 F. Supp. 1235 (E.D. Pa. 1974). https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2596970/hoersch-v-froehlke/
[^15]: "[...] bogus $180,000 in Bucks raid," *The Morning Call* (Allentown), December 11, 1974, p. 5 ("The Chalfont address was identified as Hoersch's parents' home where he had been living recently"). https://www.newspapers.com/image/275702319/
[^16]: Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Registry, Aircraft Deregistered File, record for N1437J, downloaded September 23, 2026. https://registry.faa.gov/database/ReleasableAircraft.zip
[^17]: National Transportation Safety Board, pre-1982 aviation accident database, record for N1437J, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1981. https://data.ntsb.gov/avdata