Vogt, Emelia Albrecht (1880-1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Nov 6 p. 6

Birth date: 1880 Nov 16

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— Funeral services for Mrs. John J. Vogt of Wichita were held Saturday, Nov. 1, at the First Mennonite church of Pretty Prairie. Mrs. Vogt, a resident of Wichita for the past ten years, passed away at St. Francis hospital there Oct. 29 at the age of 71. She had lived in the Pretty Prairie community for a number of years before moving to Wichita. She leaves five daughters, four sons, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Nov 13 p. 9

text of obituary:

EMELIA ALBRECHT VOGT

Emelia Albrecht, daughter of Christ C. and Franie [sic Frenie] (Waltner) Albrecht, was born November 16, 1880, at Moundridge, Kansas, Some years later she moved with her family to Pretty Prairie, Kansas. There, in about 1895, she was baptized by Rev. J. J. Flickinger and united with the First Mennonite church.

Here also on November 1, 1900, she was united in holy wedlock to John J. Vogt. This union was blessed with nine children: four sons, Albert of Wichita, Fred of Bartelsville[sic Bartlesville], Okla., Lloyd of Wichita, and John, of Valley Center, Kansas; and five daughters, Anna Zerger, of Pretty Prairie, Frances Gragg, of Guymon, Okla., Emma Albrecht, of Valley Center, Mary Schwartz, of Wiley, Colorado, and Selma McDaniel, of Wichita.

For many years the family lived in the Pretty Prairie community, but in 1939 they moved to Valley Center. In that same year (October 10) Mr. and Mrs. Vogt Joined the Lorraine Avenue Mennonite church of Wichita, Kansas, where Mr. Vogt is still a loyal member and where Mrs. Vogt was a faithful member until the Lord called her to her reward.

In 1946 the Vogts retired from full-time farming and moved to Wichita, but Mother Vogt, always a hard-working woman, kept busy up to the last in spite of extreme difficulty in walking. The unfinished quilt rolled up on its frame — the quilt on which she worked the day she fell—is a mute but eloquent symbol of the truth that she ate 'not the bread of idleness' and that she was 'not afraid of the snow for her household.' (Proverbs 31:27,21).

Mrs. Vogt was preceded in death by her father and mother, four brothers, one step-brother, and one grandchild.

Her health began to fail in 1940, her chief difficulty being getting about. In recent months her husband stayed with her much of the time because she had been falling quite often. On September 15, 1952, she fell and broke her hip. She was taken to the St. Francis hospital, Wichita, where an operation was performed. She remained in the hospital until the time of her death, 8:30 a.m., October 29, 1952, enduring not only the fracture, but also pneumonia and other complications. She endured patiently, often failing to ask for things she wanted or needed, because she did not want to demand service. Several times she said that she would not return to her earthly home, but she spoke of going home, evidently looking toward the heavenly home which she knew her Lord and Saviour had prepared for her.

She is survived by her husband, to whom she was a loving and devoted wife for just a few days less than 52 years; their nine children; her step-mother; two sisters, Mrs. Gus Smith of Pretty Prairie, and Mrs. G. G. Albrecht of Kingman; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ben Albrecht, of Gentry, Ark., and Mrs. Henry Vogt, of Pretty Prairie; two half-brothers, Henry Albrecht, of Hutchinson, and Herman Albrecht, of Pretty Prairie; 17 grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” (Proverbs 31:28).

The Mennonite obituary: 1952 Nov 25 p. 745 note: published as "Amelia Vogt"