Billie Brogla

BROGLA, JONES, CLEAR, KRUPKE, MCQUARY, DRISCOLL, CLARK

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 5/12/2011 at 15:01:28

Billie Brogla, 84, of Oxford, died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Mercy Hospice Iowa City.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 11:00 am at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Cosgrove by Reverends Edmund Dunn and Rich Adam. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City, with a rosary beginning at 4:45 pm and a parish wake service at 8:00 pm. Visitation will also be held Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00 am at the church. Billie chose to deed her body to the University of Iowa Deeded Body Program with burial at a later date in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Cosgrove.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be offered for Masses at St. Peter’s Church in Cosgrove, Holy Trinity Church in Richmond, the Redemptorists Liguori Mission or the Catholic church of your choice.

Billie was born September 20, 1926 in Holbrook, Iowa, the daughter of William and Mamie (Jones) Clear. Growing up in Holbrook, Billie first worked as a telephone operator for Western Union in Chicago.

She married Vernon Brogla April 23, 1946 in Iowa City at St. Patrick Catholic Church.

The couple operated the family farm, better known as Roseview Farm. The core of Billie’s passion was that of a homemaker, raising her family, and her Catholic faith. She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Altar & Rosary Society, and the American Angus Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband Vernon; children, Cheryl Brogla-Krupke of Bettendorf, Gerry Brogla (Marty) of Normal, Illinois and Geralyn McQuary (John) of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; sister, Kathleen Driscoll of Williamsburg; grandchildren, Mimi Clark (Adam), Gerard Krupke (Carrie), Lucy Brogla, Cindy Brogla, Garrett Brogla, Shannon McQuary (Amy), Bailey McQuary, Morgan McQuary, and a great-grandson Caden Clark.

Billie was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Mary, Marguerite, Bonnie, Eileen and John; son David and a granddaughter, Whitney Krupke.