Margaret M. Weid

He was honored by Jewish groups for his community service, which included extensive charitable giving. As his grandfather had done for him, he commissioned a Torah written in Israel for his only grandson's bar mitzvah.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Guta Nieman Wolke of Silver Spring; two daughters, Cyna Cohen of Potomac and Dr. Anita Wolke Brooks of Great Falls; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

John E. GogartyReal Estate Appraiser

John E. Gogarty, 82, who operated a real estate appraisal business for many years, died July 3 of stomach cancer at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He lived in Potomac and Hutchinson Island, Fla.

Mr. Gogarty was a native Washingtonian and a 1944 graduate of St. John's College High School. He served as a naval air corps gunner during World War II. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland.

Mr. Gogarty began working in real estate appraisal in the 1950s and formed his own company, John E. Gogarty Inc., in 1960. He retired in 1998. He taught introductory appraisal at the Appraisal Institute in Washington.

He was a member of the Congressional Country Club and the Golf Collectors Society.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Denise B. Gogarty of Potomac; three children, Lauren B. Gogarty of San Francisco, John Michael Gogarty of Bethesda and Dennis P. Gogarty of Washington; and two grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel