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- [S927] Obituary.
Andrew and Francis Hohman were twins. Andrew Hohman was ordained to the priesthood 3 May 1942.
The following note appeared in The Zanesville Signal on 6 Jun 1939:
Andrew Hohman, of Cincinnati, is spending this week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hohman. He is studying for the priesthood.
His obituary appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 20 Dec 1963:
Rev. Andrew H. Hohman, 52, a native of Noble County and former pastor of
Crooksville Church of the Atonement, died at 1:20 a.m. Thursday (Dec 19) in Good
Samaritan Hospital. Father Hohman had been ill for several years. He had been a
patient at the hospital at various times and was last admitted on Dec. 3. His sister,
Sister M. Benita Marie, is supervisor of the fifth floor at Good Samaritan.
Father Hohman was born near Fulda on March 3, 1911 a son of Maurice and
Teresa Heil Hohman. Following his graduation from Summerfield High School, he
entered St. Charles of Boromeo College Seminary in Columbus to prepare for the
priesthood. Father Hohman was ordained at St. Mary of the West in Norwood in 1942.
He became pastor at Calmoutier and at the same time, served as chaplain at Apple
Creek State Hospital. Later he was transferred to Crooksville and in 1958 became
pastor of St. Pius X Catholic Church at Reynoldsburg.
In addition to Sister Benita Marie, he is survived by five other sisters, Sister M.
Cordia of Nenah, Wis., Miss Eulalia of Akron, Mrs. Simon (Nora) Warner of Caldwell,
Mrs. Clara Smithberger of Caldwell Route 1, and Mrs. Eddie (Rose) O'Brien of Mentone,
Calif.; and six brothers, Albert of Akron, George of Canton, Francis of Louisville, Bernard
and Joe, both near Fulda, and Clem of Zanesville Route 8. The body is at Egan-Ryan
Funeral Home in Columbus.
A clipping of another article about Father Hohman was provided by his niece, Sister Marie Hohman (Martha C. Hohman):
He was small in stature and would usually not stand out in a group except for his
outgoing, friendly personality. He was genuinely unaffected in manner and possessed
a straight-forward approach to the one thing that concerned him most: the salvation
of men and women.
This is an impression of Father Andrew H. Hohman, pastor of St. Pius X Church,
Reynoldsburg, who died last week at the age of fifty-two. It is an impression shared
by the priests of the Diocese of Columbus and all people who knew him.
We cannot say that death came unexpectedly, since he had been seriously ill for years.
But again it was not looked for, because he always kept working as a pastor of souls,
even up to the time he recently entered the hospital. He had recovered before, and
miraculously, it seemed. Who was there to doubt that it might occur again?
Father Hohman had a child-like faith about his illness and everything else in life. It
was catching, and when one was with him, you felt he would continue serving God as
a pastor.
But that faith also included resignation to the will of God, even if it meant death.
The Diocese shall miss this good man. His people will hold him in special affection
as the founder of their parish. His fellow priests will not forget a warm, friendly comrade.
Of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Whenever we gather together in the months to come, his absence will be noticed and
we shall be reminded to pray for his soul that God may remember him. -- GAF.
The Knights of columbus Council 5253 is named for Andrew Hohman Father Andrew H. Hohman Council 5253 P.O. Box 31, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 Souce: Home Page of the KofC Council 5253, <http://www.kofc5253.org/>
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1911 - 1963 (52 years)