Dorothy "Verle" Vogt
Obituary
HESSTON - Dorothy "Verle" Vogt, 101, died
peacefully on Sept. 20, 2013, at 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, Neb. She attended
Pilot Nob country school in Nebraska through eighth 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 Womens 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, Ariz., and Ivan Hershberger of Vail, Ore.; eight
grandchildren, Tim Zook, Kerry Lawandus, Lu Ann Zook, Julie Entz, Brad Vogt,
Krista Vogt Troyer, Jane Zook and Kevin Vogt; and 18 great-grandchildren,
Jeffrey, Josh, Jordan, Aubrie, Angus, Zoe, Emily, Nicholas, Jackson, Lucy,
Sophia, Hannah, Kyle, William, James, Willem, Christian and 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 was 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, 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.
1912 - 2013 (101 years)