James Edward Hoksch age 79, passed away on February 13th, 2019 at his home in Wylie. James was born to Orville Hoksch and Anna Feist on October 14, 1939 in Bismarck, North Dakota. James served in the military in the US Army, he is survived by his wife of 50 years Dorothy Louise Hoksch, children; Lora Burchill of Madison Wisconsin, Jo Ann Walczak of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bradley Kelleher Hoksch of New Orleans, Louisiana and Kimberly Lambert of Anchorage, Alaska. James also survived by his brothers Orville Hoksch of Michigan, Robert Hoksch of Lansing, Iowa, 1 sister Shirley Boardman of Cincinnati, Ohio and 4 grandchildren.