| Article: | Bud, ‘Junior' made history in war In a recent article about the Owasco Fire Department, I told the of the untimely death of a new volunteer fireman recruit of the Owasco Company on April 14, 1951. Wilber “Bud” Hockeborn was killed in a freak accident at the Kuppinger home fire. Four people, including two children, lost their lives in the house fire, and Bud's untimely death brought the death total to five. |