Vorwerk & Wilson Families

William Burton Hoke

b. 3 May 1883, d. 6 May 1969

William Burton Hoke was born on 3 May 1883 in Minnesota.
He married Lillie Mae Weis, daughter of Charles Weis and Amy L. Weaver, on 26 June 1906 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, by license issued the 25th, with G. L. Morrill officiating.
William Burton Hoke registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living with his wife Mae at 5129 Coefax Avenue in Minneapolis, and employed there as a foreman by the Minneapolis Tribune Company at 57/59 Fourch Street South.
William Burton Hoke and Lillie Mae Weis appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 5129 Colfax. Other members of the household included Amy L. Weaver.
He was employed as superintendent by a local newspaper, according to the 1940 census.
William Burton Hoke became a widower at the 10 April 1959 death of his wife Lillie Mae Weis.
William Burton Hoke died on 6 May 1969 at age 86 in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
He was interred at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.