Jacqueline I. Hoke

Jacqueline I. Hoke, 83, of Meadville, PA, passed away on October 4, 2014 at Wesbury United Methodist Community. She was born in Meadville on August 23, 1931, a daughter of Clarence I. and Hazel A. Prenatt Whistler. On February 3, 1951, Jacqueline married James E. Hoke at St. Agatha’s Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Eugene Coleman, presiding. He preceded her in death on April 10, 2014. Jacqueline was a 1949 graduate of St. Agatha High School and 1984 graduate of St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, Erie, PA. She worked in her earlier years at Talon, Inc. and for Dr. James McLamb, Orthopedic Associates. After completing nursing school she was employed at Hillside Home and Wesbury United Methodist Community. Jacqueline’s family was her first priority. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed geriatric nursing, flower gardening, bowling, golf, and vacations at the store. She is survived by four children, Stephen M. Hoke and his wife, Sharon of Erie and their seven children; daughter, Christine A. Peters and her partner, Ray Blystone of Cambridge Springs and her four children of Meadville; son, James Michael Hoke and his wife, Sue Ann of Newville, PA, and their two daughters; daughter, Mary Terese (Terri) Wimer and her late husband, John, of Cochranton, PA and their two daughters of Meadville; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Sandra L. (Sandy) Stallard and her husband Ronald P.; and many nieces and nephews. Jacqueline is preceded in death by her grandparents, Issac and Elizabeth Schreck Whistler and Elmer and Iva Harpst Prenatt; her parents, Clarence I. and Hazel A. Whistler, her loving husband James E. Hoke and a niece, Lisa M. Stallard. Family and friends are welcome to call on Monday, October 6, 2014 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Roofner-Collins-Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 544 Chestnut Street, Meadville. A prayer vigil service will be held at 7:00 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church, 353 Pine Street, Meadville with Father Matthew Kujawinski as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Brigid Cemetery, Meadville. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in Jacqueline's memory to Marquette Hospice House, 13465 N. Wayland Road, Meadville, PA 16335 Please take a moment to share a memory, condolence or order flowers for the family on Jacqueline's Book of Memories online at www.roofnercollinswarrenfh.com.