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RCHorsch
Philadelphia
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Albert Hoersch Sr.
Philadelphia grandfather of the pornographer R.C. Horsch, whose house at 417 West Chew Street in Olney became the house searched in the 2026 Olney House Investigation. 1972-07-01 417 West Chew Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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spouse_of Helen E. Hoersch 1968 1
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relative_of Raymond C. Hoersch father 2
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relative_of R.C. Horsch grandfather 2
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Albert Hoersch (died July 1, 1972, aged 81) lived at 417 West Chew Street in the Olney, Philadelphia 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 in the Olney House Investigation of 2026.123

Family

He was married to Helen E. Hoersch, who died at the Chew Street house on August 27, 1968; the family belonged to Grace United Methodist Church (Philadelphia), which was invited to her funeral. Their children were Albert Hoersch Jr., a lieutenant in the United States Navy in the Second World War who died in 1976, Raymond C. Hoersch, and Helen M. Hoersch, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, lived in Philadelphia all her life, and died in 2004.1245 In January 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoersch of Philadelphia were reported as recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoersch in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.6

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 reported in 2026 that Eugene Horsch acquired the Chew Avenue house from his father in 2006.123

Footnotes

  1. "Hoersch, Helen E. Wissman," death notice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 29, 1968, p. 32 ("wife of Albert Hoersch, of 417 W. Chew st., Aug. 27, 1968. Relatives, friends and Grace United Methodist Church, are invited ... SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME, 617-19 W. Olney ave. Int. Hillside Cem."). https://www.newspapers.com/image/182120759/ ↩︎

  2. "Hoersch, Albert," death notice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 3, 1972, p. 10 ("aged 81 years, beloved husband of the late Helen Wissmer Horesch [sic] and father of Albert Jr., Raymond C., Helen M Hoersch, 417 W. Chew st., July 1, 1972 ... SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME, 617-19 W. Olney ave. Int. Hillside Cem."). 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. "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/ ↩︎