Alan Hance Stocksdale, a retired attorney who was a decorated World War II combat veteran, died of heart failure Thursday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

He was 92 and had lived in Wiltondale.

Born in Baltimore and raised in Hampden, he was the son of Howard B. Stocksdale, an attorney, and Margaret Hance. He was a 1941 Polytechnic Institute graduate who served in an Army infantry unit during World War II. On Nov. 29, 1944, he was badly wounded in Lammersdorf, Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart.

While recuperating from his wounds, his future wife, Ruth Elizabeth Wisner, suggested they marry because they had dated before the war. They married Oct. 11, 1945.

After the war, he earned a bacherlor’s degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a 1950 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law.

He joined his father’s law practice in downtown Baltimore. The firm, which moved to Northeast Baltimore, is now Stocksdale, Jarrell & Cvach. He retired in 2010.

Mr. Stocksdale was the attorney for the Maryland-Delaware Baptist Convention for 50 years.

He lived in Wiltondale for 50 years and had been president of its community association. He coached Little League baseball and was a past president of Ocean City’s Excaliber Condominiums. He later lived at the Mercy Ridge Retirement Community in Timonium.

He was also a past president of Baltimore Jaycees and was active in the Optimist Club.

He had been a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Woodbrook Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road in Rodgers Forge.

Survivors include a son, A. Dean Stocksdale of Hunt Valley; three daughters, Zoeanne S. Denham of Hydes, and Beverly S. Cvach and Karen S. Mann, both of Cockeysville; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren.

His wife of 69 years died in 2014.

jacques.kelly@baltsun.com