Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Vogts, Ray Lee
Ray Lee Vogts, 70, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, at his home in Olpe.
The son of Claus and Meta Brandt Vogts, he was born Jan. 3, 1937, at Goessel. He married Margaret Wilson on Dec. 18, 1961, at the courthouse in Cottonwood Falls. She survives.
Mr. Vogts worked in the shipping department at Bunge for 41 years and also farmed. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church.
He is also survived by three sons, Todd Vogts, Shawn Vogts and Roy Vogts, all of Olpe; four daughters, LaDonna Vogts of Emporia, Gail Johnson of Olpe, Anna Kidwell of Louisville, Ky., and Tasha Domingue of Pensacola, Fla.; one sister, Ella Lawson of Emporia; and 10 grandchildren. Six brothers and six sisters died earlier.
The funeral was Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Messiah Lutheran Church. The Rev. Norbert Tegtmeier of the church conducted the service. Burial was in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in rural Olpe.
Memorial contributions, to a fund to be designated later, may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Chase County Leader-News, Cotton Falls, KS, Oct. 25, 2007.