Frances M. Hogberg, 99
Frances M. Hogberg, 99, Stanton, died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Red Oak.
Frances Marie Ramona Hogberg, daughter of Frans Oscar and Hilma M. (Nadgwick) Patterson was born Oct. 10, 1913, at Essex. Frances was raised in the Essex and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church. In l931, Francis graduated from Essex High School. She attended Red Oak Junior College and then taught at Golden Rod and Maple Hill country schools for seven years.
On July 31, 1940, Frances married Gordon Hogberg in Essex. They made their home on a farm near Stanton. In 1959, Frances began teaching elementary education for the Stanton School District. During this time, she completed and received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Nebraska in Omaha.
In 1978, Frances retired, totaling 26 years of teaching and influencing youth. She was an active member of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Stanton. Frances was supportive and involved with various community events in Stanton. She loved her family and friends dearly, living on the farm, and being independent, as she lived at home until moving to the Stanton Care Center a few months ago.
Frances was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gordon, March 21, 1999; a daughter, Clarice; a son-in-law, Jim Boatman; and three brothers, Lawrence, Clifford and Elmer.
Frances is survived by two children, Ramona Boatman of Herndon, Va., and Maynard Hogberg and wife Anne of Ames; four grandchildren, Cindy Brooking and husband Lance of Ellenwood, Ga., Curt Boatman of Herndon, Mike Hogberg and wife Kate of Denver, and Emily Smalley and husband Scott of Independence; four great-grandchildren, Clarice and Lane Brooking, Emmett Hogberg and Braden Smalley; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, along with other relatives and many friends.
May God bless her memory and give strength to those who mourn.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 29 at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church, Stanton, with burial in Mission Covenant Cemetery, rural Stanton.
Memorials may be made in Frances’s name to the Evangelical Covenant Church, Stanton School District Endowment Fund, or to the donor’s choice.
Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.sldfuneralhome.com. Sellergren-Lindell-DeMarce Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.