Pike Township Family Stories
LAWRENCE J. VOGEL
Nichols, Iowa Centennial Book 1884-1984, pages 287-288
Taken from Malcom (Iowa) Centennial Book, Memories Today of Yesterday, written in 1972.Lawrence Vogel was born 15 October 1907, the son of Nick Vogel and Elizabeth Vogel, in Malcom, Iowa. He attended grade school at No. 7 Sheridan township. After finishing he attended Malcom High, where he was class president his senior year. He was a bookkeeper in the Malcom Farmers State bank for two years. Then he attended St. Ambrose college in Davenport, Iowa. He attended St. Paul Seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota after that.
He was ordained to Catholic priesthood in Davenport Sacred Heart Cathedral on 26 April 1936. Then he became chaplain at Fort Madison penitentiary and associate at St. Joseph’s church in Fort Madison, where he remained until 1941. He served as associate at St. Paul The Apostle in Davenport, he was Auxiliary U. S. Naval Chaplain at Ottumwa, Iowa, and served as pastor at St. Mary’s church in Nichols for twenty years.
He served as pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Burlington, Iowa, until he became pastor of St. Alphonsus church, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He was assigned to St. Francis De Sailes church at Keokuk, Iowa, and he remains at that post [1984].
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