---
aliases:
  - Helen E. Wissman
  - Helen Wissman Hoersch
category: "Other"
tags:
  - AbuseNetworks
  - Person
  - RCHorsch
  - Philadelphia
  - Olney
summary: "Philadelphia grandmother of the pornographer R.C. Horsch, who died in 1968 at the family house on West Chew Street in Olney."
died: 1968-08-27
location: "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"
relations:
  - type: spouse_of
    with: "[[Albert Hoersch]]"
    end: 1968
    fn: 1
  - type: relative_of
    with: "[[Raymond C. Hoersch]]"
    role: "mother"
    fn: 2
  - type: relative_of
    with: "[[R.C. Horsch]]"
    role: "grandmother"
    fn: 1
  - type: relative_of
    with: "[[Helen M. Hoersch]]"
    role: "mother"
    fn: 2
created: 2026-09-23
updated: 2026-10-28
---

Helen E. Hoersch, born Helen E. Wissman (died August 27, 1968), was the wife of [[Albert Hoersch]] of West Chew Street in the [[Olney, Philadelphia|Olney]] section of [[Philadelphia]], and the paternal grandmother of the pornographer and fugitive [[R.C. Horsch]]. The house was later owned by R.C. Horsch and from 2006 by his son [[Eugene Horsch]], and was searched in the [[Olney House Investigation]] of 2026.[^1][^2][^3]

Her death notice, which gives her address as the Chew Street house, invited relatives, friends, and [[Grace United Methodist Church (Philadelphia)|Grace United Methodist Church]] to a viewing and to a service at the Schneider Funeral Home, 617-619 West Olney Avenue, with burial in [[Hillside Cemetery]]. Her husband's death notice of 1972, which spells her maiden name Wissmer, names their children as Albert Jr., [[Raymond C. Hoersch|Raymond C.]], and Helen M. Hoersch.[^1][^2]

### Footnotes

[^1]: "Hoersch, Helen E. Wissman," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* August 29, 1968, p. 32. https://www.newspapers.com/image/182120759/
[^2]: "Hoersch, Albert," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* July 3, 1972, p. 10. 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