OGREN, Catherine M.

OGREN, PEAVEY, PITTS, KOENIG, MCCORD, ATKINS, HUESSER

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/13/2006 at 15:05:39

Catherine M. Ogren

MARCUS, Iowa -- Catherine Mary Ogren, 87, of Marcus died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, at her residence following a lengthy illness.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus, with the Rev. Gary McDonough officiating. Burial will be in Marcus-Amherst Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Earnest-Rohde Funeral Home in Marcus.

Catherine was born Sept. 20, 1917, in Marcus, the daughter of Alfred and Aramita (Peavey) Pitts. After graduating from high school, she attended Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She then taught for four and one half years at the Tilden 2 Rural School in Cherokee County, Iowa.

She married Paul C. Ogren on Jan. 25, 1941. The couple moved onto the original 1877 family homestead in Tilden Township, where they remained for nearly 65 years. To this union were born five sons and a love for homemaking.

She was a 68-year member of Grace United Methodist Church, where she served as a former Sunday School teacher and a mentor to many. She supported her son's and grandchildren's interest in 4-H. She enjoyed her Birthday Card Club with dear friends.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Paul of Marcus; five sons and wives, Rod of Marcus, Roger and Sara of Exeter, Neb., Kenneth and Kathy of Marcus, Steve and Renea of Marcus and Chuck and Kay of Marcus; 10 grandchildren, Justin, Shannon, Ryan and Aaron, David and his wife, Malina and Michelle, Elizabeth and her husband, Nicklas Koenig and Eric, Celeste and Garrett; and two sisters, Annabell McCord of Auburn, Calif., and Myrtle Atkins of Roseville, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Dale and his wife, Blanche and Kenneth; a sister and her husband, Mildred and Ben Hueser; and two brothers-in-law, Glen McCord and Richard Atkins.

Memorials may be directed to Grace United Methodist Church Children and Youth Ministries.