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His Life
May 27, 2015

William "Bill" C. Kockler, Jr. of Pt. Charlotte, Florida and Thornhurst, Pennsylvania passed away quietly in his sleep May 14, 2015. He was 89.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lived there as well as in Livingston, New Jersey.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Frances "Chickie" Kockler, his son William M. of Pt. Charlotte, FL, his daughter Janet Cole of Yulee, FL, and his daughter Carol Kockler of Naples, FL, as well as 3 grandsons, Darryl Cole of NC, James W. Kockler of FL, and Scott Cole of NJ, and 5 great-grand children, Vincenzo Kockler, Brielle, Ashlyn, and Shaylie Cole, and Faye Cole.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William C. Kockler, Sr. and Eva Elizabeth Kockler.


Bill was a WWII Veteran and recently traveled to Washington, D.C. on the Honor Flight to visit the WWII Memorial. He was a graduate of Temple Technical and spent his career of 49 years with Channel 13 in Newark, NJ and New York, NY as cameraman and was a member of IBEW. Bill worked on MacNeil/Lehrer, Bill Moyers Journal, Dick Cavett, Charlie Rose and all of the other productions when Thirteen was in the business of production.