Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Zoby, Joseph Gerard October 5, 2007
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Virginian-Pilot  December 27, 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH - Joseph Gerard Zoby, 65, passed away Oct. 5, 2007 in Norfolk. Mr. 
Zoby was born in Norfolk, to the late Ernest Joseph Zoby and Loretta Blanche 
Thebarge Zoby. He was the widower of Karen Smith Zoby.

Gerard was a graduate of Norfolk Catholic High School, Class of 1960, where he 
was also a faculty member and played on the track and football team. Mr. Zoby was 
admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1968 and was a member of the U.S. District 
Court, Eastern District of Virginia. He earned his A.B. degree from Belmont Abbey 
College and his J.D. degree in 1967 from the University of Virginia.

Mr. Zoby is a member of the Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Virginia State 
Bar and American Bar Associations, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the 
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the National Association of Criminal 
Defense Lawyers and the U.S. District Supreme Courts. He also served as a 
commissioner in Chancery, City of Norfolk from 1980-1997. He practiced law with 
the law office of Peter G. Decker Jr. until 1978. He was in private practice 
until 1985, at which time he and James O. Broccoletti founded the law firm of 
Zoby & Broccoletti. Mr. Zoby also was a member of the Delta Episolon Sigma 
Fraternity, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta-honor Society. He was 
a Mason with Naomi Lodge No. 87. Mr. Zoby was affiliated with Camp PD Hunt Club 
and Sunbeam Hunt Club.

Mr. Zoby was an avid fisherman, hunter and wildlife enthusiast. He was a devoted 
husband and father.

He is survived by his three daughters, Courtney Zoby- Howard and her husband 
Kevin of Virginia Beach, Allyson Zoby Kuriger and her husband Nick of Richmond, 
Dr. Meredith Zoby and her husband Dr. Layne Fielder of San Antonio, Texas; his 
brother, Vincent Zoby and his wife Mimi of Newport News; four grandchildren, 
Riley, Waverly, Madison and Nicholas.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Monday in St. Gregory 
the Great Catholic Church, Virginia Beach, by the Rev. Father Cristiano Brito, 
OSB. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Norfolk. The family will 
receive friends in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, Sunday from 11 
a.m. to 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Norfolk 
Catholic High School J. Gerald Zoby Memorial Scholarship Fund. Online condolences 
may be sent to the family at www.hdoliver.com.

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