John Hoke

HOKE JOHN RAY HOKE "Jack" On Thursday, January 1, 2009, JOHN RAY HOKE "Jack" (age 84) died of complications due to congestive heart failure. Jack was a resident of Potomac, MD spending 60 years in Real Estate. Jack was born in Pittsburgh on February 5, 1924 and was the youngest son of Lucy and Henry Hoke. He grew up in Garden City, NY and enlisted in the Army Air Force served in West Africa and elsewhere in WWII. He attended Bard College and Georgetown University and graduated from George Washington University. He married June Gordon in 1948 and they had two children. June died in 1984. Jack is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Hueper Hoke; his son, John Ray Hoke, Jr. FAIA and his wife, Lisa; his daughter, Joyce Hoke Redfield and her husband, Dr. Robert Redfield, MD; his brother, Charles Hoke and his wife, Libby; and his step-son, Paul Hueper and his wife, Sue. Jack had 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren who gave him much joy every day. Friends and family are welcome to a viewing on Monday, January 5 at JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, 5130 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, DC from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 6 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 10033 River Road, Potomac, MD at 11 a.m. Interment is at Glenwood Cemetery, 2219 Lincoln Road NE, Washington, DC.