Alice Vogt
Obituary
Alice Darlene (Hosie) Vogt, 81, died Aug. 20, 2014, at the
Mt. Hope Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 23, 1932 near Mentor, KS, to Richard
and Priscilla (Elliott) Hosie. She grew up in the Enterprise area with her
three brothers and sisters; Irvin Hosie, Dorothy lovett, Louise Henderson, Roy
Hosie, Robert Hosie and Charlotte Kuntz, She graduated from Enterprise High
School in 1950. While attending Halstead Hospital's nursing school, she met and
married Howard Vogt of Halstead in 1951. The couple had two sons. John Chris
and Brian Jay. The family lived in Halstead, Gallup, New Mexico, Fort Defiance
and Ganado Mission, Arizona, Long Beach and Huntington Beach, Califorinia.
Alice loved camping, boating, her southern California yard
and garden with it's citrus trees, and her nursing career. After graduating as
a RN from Orange Coast Community College, she worked as a nurse for Long Beach
VA Hospital for many years. She had a special affinity and care for the many
veterans who passed through her ward. After retiring from the VA, she worked in
home health care.
Her youngest son Brian faithfully looked out for her in
California. In 2004, she moved to Norton to be near her son, John. She lived at
Moundridge, and recently moved to Mt. Hope, She was preceded in death by her
parents, her son Brian, her husband Howard, and her sister, Dorothy.
She is survived by her son John and wife Karen of Haven;
daughter-in-law Teresa Vogt of Anaheirr grandchildren Sean Vogt of Newport
Beach, California; Scott Vogt of Brea, California; Melissa Vogt of Colby;
step-grandchildren Ryan Washburn and wife Rachelle of Wichita, Tara Wieland of
Damar, and Brandon Washburn
of Jonkoping, Sweden.
Alice's greatest joy these last several years were her five
great-grandchildren. She relished in the visits from Gabe and Grant Wieland,
Cohen arid Kinley Washburn and Ava Jo Stomberg-Vogt.
A graveside service will be 10:30 am on Friday (Sept. 5,
2014), at the Mount Hope Cemetery at rural Enterprise. Memorials may be made to
the Colby Community College Nursing Fund, in care of Wulf-Ast Mortuary, 120
King St., Mt. Hope, KS, 67108.
