Alvilean Miss Patty Hoeck, age 82, of San Antonio, died Tuesday, October 9, 2001. She studied dancing from the age of eight and had been a professional dancer since since her graduation from Bakersfield High School in 1937 in California. She was a member of a touring dance company which traveled all over the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America. The company disbanded in Argentina at the outbreak of World War II. While on tour she met and fell in love with her future husband, Ken Hoeck. They were married in Los Angeles in 1952. After coming to San Antonio in 1955, she taught blind children dancing at the Happy Hour School, and also at the Agnes Cotton School for the Blind. In 1959, Miss Patty came to Incarnate Word, where she taught her first class of college girls. She had a continuing love of dancing. She was President of Boysville Auxiliary working in the "Shop". She was also a member of the Kum Doublers and Daughters of the Nile. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ken Hoeck in 1979. Survived by stepson, Mike Hoeck and wife, Dedi; 3 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren, all of Reno, NV; and 4 nieces.
