Vogt, Eva Penner (1908-1962)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Dec 13 p. 3

Birth date: 1908

text of obituary:

Well-Known Corn, Okla. Couple Fatally Hurt in Highway Crash

Corn, Okla. — A car-truck collision on Highway 58 near Watonga, Okla. on Dec. 2 claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Vogt, well-known farm couple of the Colony community and members of the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church.

Mr. Vogt, 52, was instantly killed when his wife, at the wheel, drove their car under the rear of a large truck to avoid hitting a bicycle rider.

Mrs. Vogt was taken to the McBride Bone and Joint Hospital in Oklahoma City where she underwent surgery for a fractured leg. She apparently was making a satisfactory recovery when death came unexpectedly on Saturday night, Dec. 8. The former Eva Penner, she was 54 years of age.

An 11-year-old son, Jay, suffered a concussion and was in critical condition in St. Anthony's Hospital, Oklahoma City.

The Vogts were en route to visit their daughter Willodene, a nurse employed in Wichita, Kan., and a son George G. (Joey) Vogt, Jr., a student at Tabor Colllge [sic] in Hillsboro, Kan. Also surviving are two other daughters, Beverly, a teacher at Littleton, Colo., and Jeanie, who is teaching in the Congo under the M. B. Christian Service program.

Funeral services for Mr. Vogt were conducted at the Corn M. B. Church on Friday afternoon, Dec. 7.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Dec 27 p. 5

text of obituary:

11-Yr.-Old Oklahoma Youth Follows Parents In Death

Hillsboro, Kan. — Double funeral services were conducted at the Mennonite Brethren church in Corn, Okla. on Sunday, Dec. 16, for Mrs. George D. Vogt, 52, and her 11-year-old son, Jay Lyndon, who were fatally injured in a highway accident Dec. 1.

With the death of Jay Lyndon on Dec. 11 in an Oklahoma City hospital, the crash claimed its third victim. Mrs. Vogt died of her injuries on Dec. 8, and the husband and father died at the crash scene.

The Vogts, well known farm family of the Colony, Okla. community, were en route to Hillsboro to visit a son, George D. Vogt, Jr., a student at Tabor College, when their car ran into the rear of a truck near Watonga, Okla. Funeral services for Mr. Vogt were held at the Corn M.B. church Dec. 7

Wilma Jean Vogt, who was serving as a teacher in the Congo, returned to the homeland to attend the funeral service for her mother and brother.