Clara Ann Bogle

1927 - 2018

Clara Ann (Chapman) Bogle
1927 – 2018
Clara Ann (Chapman) Bogle passed away on March 26, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. Clara was born in Dayton, Washington, on November 2, 1927 the second child of Alfred L. and Ida Manilla Kimsey Chapman. Her childhood and early years were spent in Washington, Arizona, and California as they went where her father could train race horses. On July 20, 1947 she married the love of her life, Charles H. Bogle, in Walla Walla, Washington. To this marriage was born their son, Richard Charles Bogle.
Clara worked as a telephone operator in Walla Walla and Hanford, Washington. She made life-long friends working as a telephone operator. She worked with her husband in the upholstery business for 30 years. She was an excellent seamstress and used her skills as an upholsterer. Her loving husband, Charles H. Bogle, passed away on January 7, 1995 in Boise, Idaho while visiting their son to attend the marriage of the grandchild, Patricia Bogle. She sold the home in Walla Walla, Washington in 2002 and bought a home in Boise, Idaho to be closer to her son, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She captured and shared her family history with other family members to continue the legacy of her life. She will live on in the hearts of her family and friends.
She is survived by her son Richard (Dick) Bogle and his wife Kathy Drury-Bogle. Her grandchildren include Patricia (Bogle) Pace and James Pace of Boise, Greg Bogle and Kristina Bogle of Meridian, Michelle (Drury) Tripp and Ruben Tripp of Kuna, Michael Drury and Jennifer Drury of Cascade, and Jennifer (Drury) Bergstrom and Jason Bergstrom of Aurora, Colorado. She has 14 great grandchildren, Anna and Connor Pace, Alex, Noah, Trace and Brianna Bogle, Craig, Ashley, and Nathan Tripp, Christian, Kaitlyn, and Daniel Drury, and Alexi and Lacee Bergstrom.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Charles H. Bogle, her brother, Robert L. Chapman, her sister, Thelma Black, her sister, Dorothy Duncan, and her sister Ruthie Whitmore. The family thanks the staff at Valley View Life Care Center for the loving care provided over the last three years.