James A. Markoe

James A. Markoe Of Alexandria, Virginia and previously of White Bear Lake and Wayzata, Minnesota died on November 11, 2014. He was born on May 25, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised on Lincoln Avenue in Saint Paul. He attended Cretin High School, graduating in 1944. He spent the next two years crossing the Atlantic seventeen times on Liberty Ships carrying supplies to Europe and returning soldiers to America. After the war he attended Georgetown University for a year, followed by a year as assistant to the U.S. Ambassador in Havana, Cuba. The next several years he worked for the Great Northern Railroad before returning to school at the University of Minnesota, graduating with an accounting degree. He was a CPA and worked for Broeker Hendrickson, as well as Pillsbury, and International Milling, until joining the State of Minnesota where he worked for over twenty years as an auditor. He was a man of integrity, not easily swayed by changing times and values. Known to be taciturn, when he did speak, it was often wise and insightful. He had a wry sense of humor and a wonderful smile. He was passionate about his Catholic faith, and enjoyed history and genealogy. Preceded in death by parents Francis and Ruth Markoe, brothers Francis (Maureen) and Stephen, and daughter Helen Marie. Survived by his wife of 57 years, Lillian B. Markoe, children Elizabeth, James, Jr. (Sarah-Jane), and Charlotte, granddaughters Julia, Anastacia, and Lucia, and brothers Richard (Jean), John, (Shirley), David (Mary), and Peter (Marion). There will be a visitation and rosary at Murphy Funeral Home in Arlington, Monday, November 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and a funeral Mass at 1:00 pm Tuesday, November 18 at St. Agnes Church in Arlington, Virginia. There will be a graveside service at Calvary Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota on December 30, 2014 at 2:00 pm.