Vogel, William Frederick 1859-1929

VOGEL, SCHWARTING, TOWNSEND

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 10/23/2014 at 17:29:06

The Grinnell (IA) Herald
May 14, 1929

AN OBITUARY
OF W.F. VOGEL

(By a Staff Correspondent)

Malcom, Ia., May 13, Special:

William Frederick Vogel was born Sept. 14, 1859 in Dehausen, Waldeck, Germany. He came to America in 1874 and lived in Davenport, Ia. for four years. Then he clerked in a general for five years in Walcott, Ia. and on the 20th of Sept., 1883 he arrived in Malcom with his bride, who was Louisa Schwarting of Walcott, Ia. He engaged in business in a general store until 1890 when he sold out and established a hardware business which he conducted until his last illness.

Mr. Vogel was reared in the faith of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of which he was a member and he also belonged to the Royal Arch Masons, Modern Woodmen and the Knights of Pythias. He always took an interest in public affairs of his community and held many public offices. He served as postmaster of Malcom from 1893 to 1897 and for twenty-five years was township trustee. He always was a member of the board of education.

Mr. Vogel was a man of high principles and a loyal friend, a true musician and a citizen all Malcom was proud of. He will be missed from the community in which he was such a familiar figure for 46 years. He leaves a widow and four children: Irma, Mrs. F.L. Townsend of Des Moines, Edna and Walter of Washington, D.C., and Stella of Malcom; and a host of friends to mourn his loss.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Cheshire, Mrs. E.B.? Merrick, Mrs. D.D. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Eichhorn and daughter, Orah, Miss Minnie Maxfield, Lafe Harmon and others from Des Moines and Mr. Howard Nutting of Davenport were here to attend the funeral which was held Saturday afternoon.