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aliases:
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- Helen E. Wissman
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- Helen Wissman Hoersch
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category: "Other"
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tags:
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- AbuseNetworks
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- Person
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- RCHorsch
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- Philadelphia
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- Olney
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summary: "Philadelphia grandmother of the pornographer R.C. Horsch, who died in 1968 at the family house on West Chew Street in Olney."
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died: 1968-08-27
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location: "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"
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relations:
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- type: spouse_of
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with: "[[Albert Hoersch]]"
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end: 1968
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fn: 1
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- type: relative_of
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with: "[[Raymond C. Hoersch]]"
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role: "mother"
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fn: 2
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- type: relative_of
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with: "[[R.C. Horsch]]"
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role: "grandmother"
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fn: 1
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- type: relative_of
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with: "[[Helen M. Hoersch]]"
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role: "mother"
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fn: 2
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created: 2026-09-23
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updated: 2026-10-28
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---
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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]
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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]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: "Hoersch, Helen E. Wissman," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* August 29, 1968, p. 32. https://www.newspapers.com/image/182120759/
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[^2]: "Hoersch, Albert," death notice, *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* July 3, 1972, p. 10. https://www.newspapers.com/image/180006503/
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[^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
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