Walter Alfred SMOCK

1923 - 2004  (81 years)

• Name	Walter Alfred SMOCK
  Birth	08 Aug 1923	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Male
  Name Variation	Rip Smock
  	Walter's Uncle Marion Polka nicknamed him Rip because he liked to sleep a lot.
  Name Variation	Smokey Smock
  	Nickname while in the Navy in WWII
  Name Variation	Sonny Smock
  	Walter's mother and his aunts and uncles called him Sonny
  Military Service	1942	Served in the Navy during WWII   [1]
  		Walter A. (Rip) Smock - WWII Walter A. (Rip) Smock - WWII; Walter (Smokey) Smock, Ralph (Dusty) Fuge & Joe D. Tabor This photo was taken in March of 1944 on Eniwetok Atoll, one of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific
  	24 Oct 2004	At home, Houston, Harris, TX   [2]
  Notes	Rip Smock Tribute Website
  Person ID	I2	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	Walter Arthur SMOCK,   b. 08 Jul 1895, Fairfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA d. 19 May 1973, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Agnes POLKA,   b. 05 Feb 1891, Marlin, Falls Co., TX d. 31 Oct 1979, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 88 years)
  	03 Dec 1919  [1]
  	Based on date of marriage license.
  	Abt 1926
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Doloris JACOB,   b. 04 Nov 1928, Houston, Harris, TX d. 8 Dec 2024, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 96 years)
  	09 Sep 1950	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	+ 1. J.M. SMOCK + 2. J.P. SMOCK + 3. P.A. SMOCK + 4. J.K. SMOCK   5. Joseph George SMOCK,   b. 25 Mar 1956, Houston, Harris, TX d. 31 May 2022, Leander, TX (Age 66 years)   6. J.C. SMOCK + 7. S.M. SMOCK + 8. J.S. SMOCK + 9. D.G. SMOCK
  Photos		Walter and Maria Smock Family - 1979
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 08 Aug 1923 - Houston, Harris, TX - 09 Sep 1950 - Houston, Harris, TX - 24 Oct 2004 - At home, Houston, Harris, TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Walter A. (Rip) Smock Walter A. (Rip) Smock; Walter A. (Rip) Smock
  		Walter A. (Rip) Smock - WWII Walter (Smokey) Smock, Ralph (Dusty) Fuge & Joe D. Tabor This photo was taken in March of 1944 on Eniwetok Atoll, one of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Walter A (Rip) Smock - WWII Walter A (Rip) Smock - WWII; Walter A (Rip) Smock in Navy uniform during WWII
  		Chocolate Bayou Camp - 1946 Chocolate Bayou Hunting / Fishing Camp; Chocolate Bayou Hunting / Fishing Camp - Photo taken in 1946 From left to right; Harry Matell, Rip Smock, Marion Polka, Adam Polka
  		Chocolate Bayou Camp - 1946 Chocolate Bayou Hunting / Fishing Camp; Chocolate Bayou Hunting / Fishing Camp - Photo taken in 1946 From left to right; Marion Polka, Harry Matell, Rip Smock, Adam Polka
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Rip Smock Goose Hunting - 1946
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Stash, Riess & Smock Children Left to right; Clara Mae Stash, Mary Ann Stash, Dorothy Riess, Lucile Riess, Walter 'Sonny' Smock, Fred Stash
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Walter Smock Sr and Jr Walter A. Smock Sr. and Walter A. 'Rip' Smock with James 'Jimmy' Smock and Janice Smock June 21, 1953

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Telephone Times 1964 Walter A Smock installing the first T-1 lines in Houston Texas
  		Rip Smock Navy Service School Diploma
  		Telephone Times - 1961 Walter A Smock making the final splice marking the restoration of telephone service to Houston Texas after Huricane Carla.

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] Verbal-Walter Smock. [S103] JP Smock Info.