Robert (Bob) Vokes, of Ocala, Florida passed away too soon on November 27, 2017. Born to Harry and Teresa Vokes, he grew up in the Bronx, where he and his brothers and sister spent their youth tearing around Parker Avenue and building a base for a life-long love of the NY Yankees. Escaping NYC on the back of a Physics degree from Hunter College, Bob continued his study of physics at UMass-Amherst, where he acquired a Masters degree and met and married the love of his life Judith Moraski. Bob’s initial career included pioneering work in solid state lasers, and led him and Judy to Hudson NH where they resided for the next 49 years. Bob acquired an MBA from Northeastern that launched a 25-year career in finance and risk management at VHB, Inc. Bob was an avid handyman, golfer, friend, father and grandfather. He relished sweating a neighbor’s frozen pipe, tutoring kids in math and physics, complaining about poorly designed streets and misinformed weatherman, enjoying an afternoon walk chasing a small white ball, and nudging his children and grandchildren to do more. He is sorely missed by his wife Judy, his son Robert (Jane Edwards), Mary (Alex) Irvine, Elizabeth (Tom Stevens) and his grandchildren Sadie, Deuce, Nate, Henry and TJ as well as his brother Richard, sister Carolyn, nieces Christine, Heather, Jaime, Christy and nephews Brad, Michael, Aaron, and Noah and their children. He is predeceased by his parents, brother Edward and sister-in-law Suzanne.
Services will be held in Ocala, Florida and internment will be in Hudson NH. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to the American Heart Association or H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa FL.
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