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Irving Pockel was born on 3 June 1914 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.¹ He and Jane Davis Mitchell were married on 26 September 1936 in Manhattan, New York.² He died in 1987, at age ~73, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Irving Pockel was a Chemical Engineer- Owner Cambridge Industries Company.³ He was educated University of Florida. He was awarded a Bachelor & Master.³ Irving Pockel of Sherborn, founder of Cambridge Industries Co., a chemical manufacturing firm he sold in 1990, died of cancer Sunday at the Sudbury Pines Nursing home. He was 77.

Mr. Pockel, a chemical engineer, opened the business in 1938 in Cambridge. He was also an accomplished amateur actor for 30 years, as a member of the Medway Players and then the Sherborn Players, appearing in "Mister Roberts," "Born Yesterday" and "Arsenic and Old Lace," among other productions.

A native of Boston, he graduated from English High School in 1931 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida in 1934 and 1935. During World War II he served as a colonel in the Army's Chemical Warfare Service.

Mr. Pockel was a director of the Sherborn Yacht Club and of the Sherborn Players.

He leaves his wife, Jane D. (Mitchell); two daughters, Sally Harper of Wellsesley and Jennifer Lockwood of Portland, Ore.; a son Peter D. of St. Marten; two brothers, Charles A. of Essex Fells, N.J., and Carl S. of Boston; and eight grandchildren.

Services will be private.

Stephen Thor Pockel was born on 5 December 1940 in New York, New York, New York.¹ He died on 26 January 1976, at age 35, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.¹ He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, East Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Stephen Thor Pockel was a Pharmacist-Owner, Operator Old Harbor Pharmacy.^1,2 He was educated Clark University/ Massachusetts School of Pharmacy.³ A memorial mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday in Our Lady of the Cape Church in West Brewster for Stephen Thor Pockel, 35, of 20 Governor Bradford rd. He died of cancer Monday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

He was born in New York City, attended St. Mark's School in Southboro and was graduated from Clark University and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.

Mr. Pocket owned and operated the Old Harbor Pharmacy in Chatham for several years.

He leaves his wife, Linda (Alessi); a son, Vincent and a daughter, Amy; a brother, Peter Pockel of Boston; two sisters, Mrs Sara Harper of Sherborn and Jennefer Pockel of Portland, Ore. and his parents, Irving and Jane (Mitchell) Pockel of Sherborn.

Burial will be private.