Several Classmates passed on that John Hoke passed away on Jan. 1.  I will post the Obituary later.  John was my Roommate my Sophomore year.  A kind man could not be found.  I will miss him, we will all miss him.  God Bless! 

Here is a Link to the Obituary for John Hoke:

https://www.gardnerfuneralhome.com/obituary/532404/John-P-Hoke/

Here is the Obituary for John Hoke:

John P. Hoke, 76 of Haddon Township passed away on January 1, 2021. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, the late Joanne M. Hoke, whom he missed tremendously. He was the father of John J. Hoke (Marisol) of Niskayuna, N.Y. and grandfather to Maya Elizabeth and Jack Christian Hoke. John is also survived by his cousin, Sandra Hall of Coventry Connecticut, whom John cared for greatly.

John was born in Philadelphia to the late John K. Hoke and Jeanette Hoke and attended the Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University) before serving in Vietnam and at the Presidio in San Francisco. John returned to Philadelphia after his active-duty service to earn a Master's degree from Villanova. John continued his service to this country by serving in the United States Army reserve for over twenty-five years earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. John had resided in Haddon Township since 1976.

John had an unquenchable lust for knowledge and was a voracious consumer of historical treaties and biographies of the leading historical figures of our day. John was as fluent in social, economic and political affairs as he was the latest Eagles defensive scheme. John loved sports and was an adept athlete excelling at tennis. John was also known to have a rocket for an arm from third base in the softball leagues that he participated in earlier in his life. But most importantly, John was an empathetic, honest and principled person. John strived to live in accordance with a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon that he had posted in his office; Question not, but live and labour, till yon goal be won, helping every feeble neighbor, seeking help from none, life is mostly froth and bubble, two things stand like stone, kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own.

There will be a visitation from 9:30-10:30am on Thursday, January 14 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1010 Liberty Street, Camden, NJ 08104.

Funeral Mass to follow at 10:45am. Interment private at the request of the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations in John's memory be made to the Voorhees Animal Orphanage at www.vaonj.org where he adopted his last great companion, Zack.