2008
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