Jack Woltzen Hoey
June 4, 1925 ~ September 27, 2018
Jack Woltzen Hoey, 93, of Jefferson City, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Oak Tree Villas.
He was born June 4, 1925, in Clinton, Missouri, the son of the late Harold and Georgia May (Swackhammer) Hoey.
He attended Clinton Public Schools for 12 years and graduated high school in 1943.
Jack enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and served three years in the South Pacific and Midway Island.
Following his honorable discharge from the military, he attended one year at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and three years at the University of Missouri, graduating in 1951.
He was united in marriage on August 21, 1948, in Clinton, Missouri to Margaret Jane Ryder who preceded him in death on November 29, 2014.
Jack began work as a Conservation Agent in Linn and later as a Management Biologist for the Missouri Conservation Department. Jack worked for over 38 years retiring in 1987.
He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus Helias Council, American Legion Post 5, VFW, Lions Club, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Western Catholic Union, and the AARP.
Survivors include three children, Jay “Mike” (Mary Beth) Hoey, Jefferson City; Ann (Barry) Backer, Lohman; John (Nancy) Hoey, Jefferson City; twelve grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his brother, Harold Leroy Hoey.
Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Donald Antweiler officiating.
Entombment with military honors will be in Resurrection Mausoleum.
Memorials are suggested to the Special Learning Center or to the Nature Conservancy.
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to send condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.
He was born June 4, 1925, in Clinton, Missouri, the son of the late Harold and Georgia May (Swackhammer) Hoey.
He attended Clinton Public Schools for 12 years and graduated high school in 1943.
Jack enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and served three years in the South Pacific and Midway Island.
Following his honorable discharge from the military, he attended one year at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg and three years at the University of Missouri, graduating in 1951.
He was united in marriage on August 21, 1948, in Clinton, Missouri to Margaret Jane Ryder who preceded him in death on November 29, 2014.
Jack began work as a Conservation Agent in Linn and later as a Management Biologist for the Missouri Conservation Department. Jack worked for over 38 years retiring in 1987.
He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus Helias Council, American Legion Post 5, VFW, Lions Club, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Western Catholic Union, and the AARP.
Survivors include three children, Jay “Mike” (Mary Beth) Hoey, Jefferson City; Ann (Barry) Backer, Lohman; John (Nancy) Hoey, Jefferson City; twelve grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his brother, Harold Leroy Hoey.
Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Donald Antweiler officiating.
Entombment with military honors will be in Resurrection Mausoleum.
Memorials are suggested to the Special Learning Center or to the Nature Conservancy.
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to send condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.
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Dear Mike, John and Ann: We are truly sorry to hear of the loss of Jack. Please accept our condolences and may our prayers help comfort you and hasten the journey of his soul to Heaven. Mike and Gracia Backer
I have had the great pleasure of knowing Jack. He had a wonderful spirit and laughter to match. He was one of my favorite people. I’m praying for the family. Rest In Peace Jack, you will be missed! Your friend, Ashley Fuerst
Mike, Ann, and John, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated Jack and his relationship to my career. I worked almost 30 years for MDC, but my first MDC job was a an hourly assistant working with Jack in the summer of 1970. I needed a summer job in-between my junior and senior years at MU where I was working on a BA in Zoology. My work with Jack involved helping him seine and electrofish in small lakes, float Ozarks streams to check water temperatures for trout habitat, and a variety of other tasks. Most of our time was spent in the Ozarks where the clear streams and steep wooded hills were quite a contrast for a boy who grew up in north Missouri. My goal was to be a fisheries biologist, but after working with Jack, I decided I wanted to be like Jack and start as a conservation agent, then become a fish biologist. It probably helped that I had spent my high school years growing up across the road from a conservation agent in Lewis County. By the time I finished a Master’s degree in Zoology, I decided to apply for a job in the Fisheries Research Section in Columbia. I got the job, which focused on fish populations in ponds and small lakes. A few years later, I took over a black bass research study in large reservoirs. Then in 1987 I moved on to a job as supervisor of fish management biologists in the southern half of Missouri, just a year after Jack retired. Eventually I ended up back in Columbia as chief of the Fisheries Research unit. Jack definitely influenced my career, and also was at least part of the reason I’ve always considered MDC to be “one big family”. Jack was just a really nice person, humble, honest, with a easy sense of humor and a sparkle in his eye. I’m glad I was able to know him. Gary Novinger