Frederick Wright VOGLER

VOGLER CHAPEL HILL Frederick Wright Vogler May 27, 1931 - March 28, 2013 Frederick Wright Vogler, Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Romance Languages at UNC, passed away March 28 at his Chapel Hill home. He was born in Burlington, VT, May 27, 1931. He completed the BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Chapel Hill, his father's alma mater, where he later taught and also served in varied administrative positions. For many years, he was actively involved in the Philip Christoph Vogler Foundation, Inc., a family organization of descendants of Swiss-German pioneers who settled first in Maine, then in North Carolina in the mid-18th-Century but whose roots have been traced back to the Zurich area of Switzerland for many generations prior to their emigration to North America. After helping establish that European background and describing it in the chapter he contributed to the Foundation's family history book published in 1994, he served as President and Board Chairman of the Foundation from 1994 to 1996. In 1992 and again in 1997, he helped organize family pilgrimage trips to Switzerland for the Foundation, also serving as tour guide on both occasions. He is survived by his wife, Mary Frances; one son Robert Frederick and wife, Ann, of Arlington, Va.; and three grandchildren, Katherine, Colleen, and Robert. Services will take place April 5 at 2:00 at the Chapel of the Cross, followed by interment in the churchyard and a reception for friends in the church parlor. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be made to the Chapel of the Cross Capital Campaign or to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be made at www.walkersfuneralservice.com