Neil Owen Wocell

Mr. Neil Owen Wocell, age 71 of Murphy, NC, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2008 at Erlanger Medical Center. Mr. Wocell was born Tuesday, September 29, 1936 in Washington County, NY to the late Charles Wocell and the late Esther Strenk Wocell. He was a 32 Second Degree Mason with St. Paul's F&AM lodge # 25 in Brandon Vermont. He sang with the Mountain Community Chorus in Young Harris, GA for the past 12 years. Mr. Wocell was a longtime resident of Brattleboro, Vermont, Vero Beach, FL, and Murphy, NC. While living in Brattleboro, Mr. Wocell was an Independent Insurance Agent. He was a Cairo Shriner in Rutland Vermont, a Numismatist and Member of the American Newsmismatitic Association, since 1972.

Survivors include: wife, Rikki Wocell of Murphy; and an extended family living in Maine, New York and Vermont.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date by the family

Arrangements entrusted to the Cochran Funeral Home of Murphy, North Carolina.