Norman W. Vogel

VENTURA - Norman W. Vogel, 77, of 409 E. Lake St., Ventura, died Thursday Feb. 10, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center- North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday Feb. 13, 2011, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura, with Rev. Daird Korth officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Sunday at the church. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake. Family suggests memorials to Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Norman was born on May 3, 1933, in Blanchard, the son of Walter W. and Luella Wilhelmina (Varrelmann) Vogel. He graduated from Blanchard High School in 1951. After graduating from high school, he entered the United States Army.
Norman married Betty Black on Dec. 19, 1952 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Shenandoah. Following the service, he attended and graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science decree.
He started working for Farm Bureau in 1958 and later became regional manager, serving in the Clear Lake area, retiring in 1988.
He worked with Leo Stattleman for many years at the Clear Lake skating rink. He especially enjoyed working in his garden and sharing his vegetables with his many friends. He enjoyed singing, hunting, fishing, helping his neighbors with their snow removal. He loved to work hard.
He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Ventura.
He is survived by his three daughters, Julie Vogel and her husband Richard Manke, Hasting, Minn., and their children Drew, Reed and Lane; Tammy Vogel and her husband Phillip Carls of Tipton, and their children Alexandra and Abram and fiancee Keri ; Laurie Sloterdyk and her husband Aric of Marion, and their children Aaron and Luke; three sisters, Delores Murphy, Braddyville, Alice McIlvenna, Eugene, Ore. and Wilma Turnbull, Blanchard; sister-in-law Anita Vogel, Elmo, Mo., Tasha Koerner, Clive, who lived with the family for four years.
He was preceded in death by parents, wife Betty, infant son Douglas and brother Glenn D. Vogel.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, IA 641-357-2193, www. colonialchapels.com.