Background
Jochems, William Dennis was born on April 20, 1886 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Son of Theodore and Julia (Hailing) Jochems.
Jochems, William Dennis was born on April 20, 1886 in Topeka, Kansas, United States. Son of Theodore and Julia (Hailing) Jochems.
Student Kansas State Normal School, Emporia, 1903, 07. Bachelor of Laws, Kansas Missouri School of Law, 1910.
Teacher public schools, 1904-1906. Began practice at Wichita, Kansas, 1910. Assistant city attorney Wichita, 1911.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, 1930.
Referee in bankruptcy, 4th District of Kansas, 1931-1933. Member Jochems, Sargent & Blaes.
Counsel for Board of Regents Municipal University of Wichita. Director First National Bank in Wichita, The Farmers & Bankers Life Insurance Company, Excel Packing Company, Wichita, Kansas Chairman Republican Congressional Committee, 8th District of Kansas, 1920.
President Abraham Lincoln Republic Club of Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1937-1939.
President Kansas United War Fund, 1942-1946. State chairman United Service Organizations, 1941-1946. Chairman advising committee Sacred Heart College.
Advisory committee of Saint Benedict College.
Member Jochems, Sargent & Blaes. Club of Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1937-1939. President Kansas United War Fund, 1942-1946.
Member Wichita Bar Association (past president), Phi Alpha Delta.
Member Knights of Columbus.
Married Helen Roetzel, November 7, 1911 (died March 17, 1922). Married second, Alicia C. Healy, January 28, 1925 (died September 3, 1942). Children: John Roetzel, William Dennis, Ted Paul.