Lõuk or Löuk, 1853–1919), the owner of a local bookstore, and Mari Leoke (née Tõllasepp, 1867–1954).
He graduated from Imperial Nicholas I High School in Tallinn and studied architecture at the Riga and Moscow polytechnics from 1913 to 1916.
[2][3][4] During the establishment of the Republic of Estonia, Peter Leoke participated in setting up consulates in 1918 in Helsinki and in 1919 in Riga.
He took part in the Estonian War of Independence in the artillery and completed his service in 1921 as the commander of a heavy battery.
Peter Leoke is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.