Monday, January 25, 2016

Obituary -- Lola Brogan 1929-2016

Lola Louvina Brogan died Sunday January 24th  at St, Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo. with her family by her side. She was born to the late Kenneth and Zenna Drake on July 9th, 1929 in Piedmont, Kansas. Her family moved to a farm outside of Parnell, Mo. In 1944. She attended Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Mo. She married the late Charles Brogan on August 29,1946 in Hiawatha, Kansas. They were married for 62 years until his death in 2008. They lived in Sheridan, Mo. and Seaton, Ill. before moving to Montclair, Ca. in 1956 and in 1971 they moved to Homeland, Ca. where they lived for the next 34 years before retuning to Sheridan, Mo.  For the last four years she has been a resident of the Nodaway Nursing Home in Maryville, Mo.

Louvina was a homemaker most of her life, she loved to sew, crochet, quilting, tatting, embroidery, and so many other crafts. She loved to garden and was an avid reader. I have so many beautiful things she has made.

She is survived by three children:  Nancy Wickert of Alta Loma, Ca., Ellen Wickert and Ralph Brogan of Sheridan, Mo.; seven grandchildren: Samantha Wickert of Huntington Beach, Ca., Richard Wickert, Ryan McLenathen, Nick Buel, Damien Brogan, and Dana Brogan of Sheridan, Mo., and Brian Brogan of Russellville, Kentucky; eleven great grandchildren, and one great great grandaughter. 

She was preceded in death by one son Timothy Brogan and one great grandchild Gabriel Brogan.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m.  Thursday, January 28th at the Long Branch Cemetery in Gaynor, Mo.  officiated by Jeff Blaine.


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