LeRoy Iden Hoch

LeRoy Iden Hoch July 17, 2013

LeRoy Iden Hoch, 83, of Warminster and Harvey’s Lake died Wednesday.

Born September 21, 1929 in Kingston he was a son of the late Ruth Hughes Hoch Parsons and LeRoy Iden Hoch.

An only child, Roy lived in Mountain Top with his mother, a nurse, and his father, a pharmacist who died when Roy was three years old. He was cared for by loving aunts while his mother worked. In 1937, he acquired a new family when he entered Girard College in Philadelphia with 1,900 other students. There he learned to compete and get involved; traits he maintained throughout his life.

After graduating from Girard in 1947, Roy continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania, studying accounting and industrial economics there before completing his MBA at the Wharton School of Business.

Roy joined the Ford Motor Company in a training program for one year and was drafted into the Army. He honorably served our country from 1953 to 1955 during the Korean Conflict.

Upon his return from the service, his job with IBM took him to the Pentagon in Washington, DC, overseas to Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain, which satisfied his love of travel. He returned to D.C. and in 1964, White Plains, New York.
Roy lived in Manhattan's Upper East Side for forty-two years where he was fondly known as the Mayor of Yorkville. He remained involved in the community by running block parties, acting as a court monitor and following 9/11 a Neighborhood Rapid Responder. In 2006 Roy relocated to Ann's Choice, a continuing care community in Warminster where he led an active social life.

The highlights of Roy's life include travel to more than ninety countries, serving on the Girard College Alumni Board of Governors, and, after many years, finding the love of his life right across the street at Harvey's Lake.

He will be greatly missed by his wife, the former Sharon Britt; cousins, including Ann Kinsman, John J. Hughes, Margaret Coates and Donald Jacoby; his Girard College June 1947 Brothers and many friends.

Celebration of Roy’s Life will be held Friday at 7:30 PM at McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre. Visitation will begin at 6 PM. A prayer service will be held at 11:30 AM on Saturday in the Chapel of Oak Lawn Cemetery followed by Military Honors at graveside.

Flowers are appreciated and welcomed. Memorial donations may be made to the Girard College Development Fund, 2101 South College Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19121-4860, or Ann's Choice Scholarship Fund, 10000 Ann's Choice Way, Warminster, PA 18974-3527.

Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Roy’s family at www.celebratehislife.com