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Dad's inheritance: A job and a shock
Son's death brings retired pharmacist back to drugstore in family since 1914
By Nestor Ramos
nramos@argusleader.com
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2007
TYNDALL - Some nights, Greg Hoch would stay at the pharmacy until 3 in the morning.
The lady from the town's bakery would see his car outside when she started her shift and find him inside, poring over a drug manual.
Like his father, Bill, who retired from the family pharmacy in 1986, Greg graduated from South Dakota State University's pharmacy program. Afterward, he came back to Tyndall to take his spot behind the old pharmacy's counter.
The pharmacy bears his grandfather's name, his father's name, and his: Hoch Drug Store. The Hochs - Joseph, then Bill, then Greg - have been Tyndall's pharmacists since 1914.
But they won't be much longer.
Two years ago this month, Greg Hoch died at 57 after a five-year battle with melanoma.
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Son's death brings retired pharmacist back to drugstore in family since 1914
By Nestor Ramos
nramos@argusleader.com
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2007
TYNDALL - Some nights, Greg Hoch would stay at the pharmacy until 3 in the morning.
The lady from the town's bakery would see his car outside when she started her shift and find him inside, poring over a drug manual.
Like his father, Bill, who retired from the family pharmacy in 1986, Greg graduated from South Dakota State University's pharmacy program. Afterward, he came back to Tyndall to take his spot behind the old pharmacy's counter.
The pharmacy bears his grandfather's name, his father's name, and his: Hoch Drug Store. The Hochs - Joseph, then Bill, then Greg - have been Tyndall's pharmacists since 1914.
But they won't be much longer.
Two years ago this month, Greg Hoch died at 57 after a five-year battle with melanoma.
(read more)
"I didn't know he knew about the stock market," Bill said, still shaking his head a little. "And when he died, he had millions."
Bill Hoch had always been an investor. He and Greg had chatted casually on occasion about the markets, but nothing hinted at Greg's sophistication. Hoch thought he knew plenty about picking stocks, but he had a bona fide expert under the same roof.
Greg Hoch shared some of the money he left with family, and some of it went to local charities. With a large gift, he created 17 $2,000 scholarships to be given annually to South Dakotans enrolling in SDSU's pharmacy school. (read more)
Bill Hoch had always been an investor. He and Greg had chatted casually on occasion about the markets, but nothing hinted at Greg's sophistication. Hoch thought he knew plenty about picking stocks, but he had a bona fide expert under the same roof.
Greg Hoch shared some of the money he left with family, and some of it went to local charities. With a large gift, he created 17 $2,000 scholarships to be given annually to South Dakotans enrolling in SDSU's pharmacy school. (read more)
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