Nocona Weav "Pete" Hawks, 85, Kansas City, Kansas, formerly of Hamilton, Missouri, passed away on January 28, 2015, at the North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Mo.

Pete was born on August 30, 1929, in Caldwell County, Missouri, to Francis and Rena Riley Hawks. He was a 1947 graduate of the Hamilton High School and attended college. He served our country during the Korean Conflict, from 1951-1953, in the Marines.

Pete was a pioneer of data processing now known as information technology. He wrote computer programs for the IRS, Bendix, and a company then known as Knudsen Farms, a very large distribution company. He managed large departments not only writing the programs, but developing the computer systems themselves. He worked in the days when punch cards were used to run the computer systems. He did this work in California after completing his Korean War tour in the Marines.

Pete was a member of the Hamilton United Methodist Church, the Hamilton American Legion Post #285, and the VFW #5606 of Kansas City, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Phil Anthony.

Survivors: Son, Larry Hawks; 2 granddaughters-Hannah Lynn and Liberty (Libby) Francis; Brothers-Mount Blue Hawks (Margarete), Cameron, Mo., and Armour S. Hawks, (Christine Emma), Kansas City, Mo.; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service: 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 3, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church.

Visitation: 1 hour prior to the service, 1 to 2 p.m., at the church.

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salvation Army.

Friends may call after 9 a.m., on Tuesday.