Vogt, Gail Y. 1926-2003

VOGT, TRIPLETT, PATTEN, DURR, LUNDSTAD, ANDERSON, BEHOUNEK, MCELROY

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 9/29/2009 at 22:04:33

Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; May 7, 2003

GAIL Y. VOGT, 76

Gail Y. Vogt, 76, of 722 Broad Street, Grinnell, died on Monday, April 29, 2003, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services were held on Friday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m., at the Immanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. David Brandt, pastor of the church, officiating. Music was provided by Richard and Esther Huedepohl. Casket bearers were Charles Durr, Craig Lundstad-Vogt, Todd Anderson, Scott Durr, Barry Stanford, Paul Nijenshohn and Russell Stoker. Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell. Memorials may be directed to the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Grinnell.

Gail was born on December 13, 1926, near Brooklyn, to Paul and Rose (Triplett) Patten. She graduated from Hartwick High School, where she participated on the girls' basketball team. She received her teaching certificate from the University of Northern Iowa. Following her education, she taught in rural schools near Brooklyn.

On Sept. 20, 1947, she was married to Raymond Vogt in Grinnell. The couple farmed east of Grinnell and were the parents of three daughters. Mrs. Vogt contracted polio in 1952, and she had been confined to a wheelchair since then. She enjoyed sewing clothes for her family, planning menus, and corresponding with family and friends. Her great passions included her family, her church, Iowa Hawkeye basketball, and painting with her friends. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Grinnell.

Survivors include her husband, Raymond F. Vogt of Grinnell; her children and their spouses, Judy and Charles Durr of Grinnell, Barbara and Craig Lundstad-Vogt of Center City, Minn., and Vicki and Todd Anderson of Gowrie; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Viola Behounek of Chelsea.

Her parents and one sister, Pauline McElroy, preceded her in death.