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Vogt - Hershberger
Vogts celebrate 70th anniversary
Willard and Verle Vogt of Hesston celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Oct. 12, 2005.
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(Obituary of Verle Vogt: "Dorothy "Verle" Vogt - May 06, 1912 - September 20, 2013 - HESSTON -- Dorothy "Verle" Vogt, 101, died peacefully on Sept. 20, 2013 at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston. She was born the first of 11 children on May 6, 1912, to Allen and Katie Beckler Hershberger on a farm near Milford, Nebraska. She attended Pilot Nob country school in Nebraska through 8th grade, then later came to Kansas to attend Hesston Academy. On Oct. 12, 1935, she married Willard Vogt, a boy she met in her typing class at Hesston Academy, at a wedding ceremony in her parent's parlor. After their wedding, they took a two week honeymoon to Colorado. A farmer's daughter, Verle brought along half a case of eggs, bacon, and enough bread and lunch meat for their meals. Verle was a Christian homemaker who crafted sewn greeting cards, quilted, and baked hundreds of birthday and wedding cakes from the kitchen in her home. She was active in the Women's Mission and Service Association (now Mennonite Women USA) and for a time served as its conference president. Verle is survived by son Gary (Ruth), Hesston. Also surviving are one sister, Edith Roth of Boise, Idaho, and two brothers, Delmar Hershberger of Phoenix, Arizona, and Ivan Hershberger, of Vail, Oregon; eight grandchildren, Tim Zook, Kerry Lawandus, Lu Ann Zook, Julie Entz, Brad Vogt, Krista Vogt Troyer, Jane Zook, and Kevin Vogt; eighteen great-grandchildren, Jeffrey, Josh, Jordan, Aubrie, Angus, Zoe, Emily, Nicholas, Jackson, Lucy, Sophia, Hannah, Kyle, William, James, Willem, Christian, Caroline.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Willard, and two of their three children, Janet and Richard. A celebration of her life will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Kingdom Life Ministries, Hesston. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. today, with family present at the Schowalter Villa Chapel, Hesston. A private family burial is planned in Eastlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to Mennonite Women USA and HCJB Global for the ministry of Tim and Renee Zook in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home 107 S. Lancaster, P.O. Box 32, Hesston, KS 67062.")
