Family picture -- Family of Walter and Marie Vogel on Golden Wedding, 1975. Children L-R: Shirley Kimberlain, Charles, Chester and Marian Christel.
CHESTER VOGEL
Chester Vogel, 62, of 20 East Water St., Kiel, a former Kiel business man, died Saturday, March 28, 1992, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, in Manitowoc, after a four-year courageous battle with cancer.
He was born April 22, 1929, in St. Nazianz, Wis., a son of the late Walter and Marie (Schmitt) Vogel. He attended George Washington Grade School, in St. Nazianz and graduated from Kiel High School in 1946.
Chester began his automotive career, working in his father's Chevrolet Dealership in St. Nazianz, after graduating from high school. At the start of The Korean War in 1950, Chester enlisted in the United States Navy andserved four years with the VP-7 Patrol Squadron, as an aviation mechanic.
He served in Japan, Iceland, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island. He attained the rank of Petty Officer, Second Class.
On June 26, 1954, he married Mary Marlborough at the Catholic Chapel atQuonset Point Navel(sic) Air Station in Rhode Island. Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1954, Chester and Mary moved to School Hill, where he operated Vogel School Hill Garage for 12 years.
On January 1, 1967, Chester and his brother, Charles, purchased the former Hingiss Auto Dealership, in Kiel and renamed it Vogel Chevrolet Olds. He served as president and service manager for 21 years until 1988.
Chester was a life-long member of Zion LutheranS Church at Louis Corners, where he was a former church council member and usher. He was a member of the Kiel Tri County Post 6707 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was also a former member of the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association and the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving him are his beloved wife, Mary; two sons, Jack of Manitowoc and Jim and his wife, Shari, of Kiel; five daughters, Jayne and Jeff Nilles of Sunnyvale, Calif., Jean and Ken Binversie of St. Nazianz, Judy and Rene Jelinek of St. Nazianz, Jodi and Dan Schneider of Grafton, Jill at home; seven grandchildren, Bradley Vogel, Jason Vogel, Sarah Vogel, Melissa Nilles, Holly Binversie, Kelly Jelinek and Elton Jelinek. He is further survived by a brother, Charles and Alyce of Kiel; two sisters, Mrs. Lambert (Marian) Christel of St. Nazianz and Shirley and Jim Kimberlain of Racine and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cyril Marlborough of Manitowoc. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
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CHESTER VOGEL
Chester Vogel, 62, of 20 East Water St., Kiel, a former Kiel business man, died Saturday, March 28, 1992, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, in Manitowoc, after a four-year courageous battle with cancer.
He was born April 22, 1929, in St. Nazianz, Wis., a son of the late Walter and Marie (Schmitt) Vogel. He attended George Washington Grade School, in St. Nazianz and graduated from Kiel High School in 1946.
Chester began his automotive career, working in his father's Chevrolet Dealership in St. Nazianz, after graduating from high school. At the start of The Korean War in 1950, Chester enlisted in the United States Navy andserved four years with the VP-7 Patrol Squadron, as an aviation mechanic.
He served in Japan, Iceland, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island. He attained the rank of Petty Officer, Second Class.
On June 26, 1954, he married Mary Marlborough at the Catholic Chapel atQuonset Point Navel(sic) Air Station in Rhode Island. Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1954, Chester and Mary moved to School Hill, where he operated Vogel School Hill Garage for 12 years.
On January 1, 1967, Chester and his brother, Charles, purchased the former Hingiss Auto Dealership, in Kiel and renamed it Vogel Chevrolet Olds. He served as president and service manager for 21 years until 1988.
Chester was a life-long member of Zion LutheranS Church at Louis Corners, where he was a former church council member and usher. He was a member of the Kiel Tri County Post 6707 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was also a former member of the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association and the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving him are his beloved wife, Mary; two sons, Jack of Manitowoc and Jim and his wife, Shari, of Kiel; five daughters, Jayne and Jeff Nilles of Sunnyvale, Calif., Jean and Ken Binversie of St. Nazianz, Judy and Rene Jelinek of St. Nazianz, Jodi and Dan Schneider of Grafton, Jill at home; seven grandchildren, Bradley Vogel, Jason Vogel, Sarah Vogel, Melissa Nilles, Holly Binversie, Kelly Jelinek and Elton Jelinek. He is further survived by a brother, Charles and Alyce of Kiel; two sisters, Mrs. Lambert (Marian) Christel of St. Nazianz and Shirley and Jim Kimberlain of Racine and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cyril Marlborough of Manitowoc. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
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Family picture -- Family of Walter and Marie Vogel on Golden Wedding, 1975. Children L-R: Shirley Kimberlain, Charles, Chester and Marian Christel.
CHESTER VOGEL
Chester Vogel, 62, of 20 East Water St., Kiel, a former Kiel business man, died Saturday, March 28, 1992, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, in Manitowoc, after a four-year courageous battle with cancer.
He was born April 22, 1929, in St. Nazianz, Wis., a son of the late Walter and Marie (Schmitt) Vogel. He attended George Washington Grade School, in St. Nazianz and graduated from Kiel High School in 1946.
Chester began his automotive career, working in his father's Chevrolet Dealership in St. Nazianz, after graduating from high school. At the start of The Korean War in 1950, Chester enlisted in the United States Navy andserved four years with the VP-7 Patrol Squadron, as an aviation mechanic.
He served in Japan, Iceland, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island. He attained the rank of Petty Officer, Second Class.
On June 26, 1954, he married Mary Marlborough at the Catholic Chapel atQuonset Point Navel(sic) Air Station in Rhode Island. Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1954, Chester and Mary moved to School Hill, where he operated Vogel School Hill Garage for 12 years.
On January 1, 1967, Chester and his brother, Charles, purchased the former Hingiss Auto Dealership, in Kiel and renamed it Vogel Chevrolet Olds. He served as president and service manager for 21 years until 1988.
Chester was a life-long member of Zion LutheranS Church at Louis Corners, where he was a former church council member and usher. He was a member of the Kiel Tri County Post 6707 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was also a former member of the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association and the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving him are his beloved wife, Mary; two sons, Jack of Manitowoc and Jim and his wife, Shari, of Kiel; five daughters, Jayne and Jeff Nilles of Sunnyvale, Calif., Jean and Ken Binversie of St. Nazianz, Judy and Rene Jelinek of St. Nazianz, Jodi and Dan Schneider of Grafton, Jill at home; seven grandchildren, Bradley Vogel, Jason Vogel, Sarah Vogel, Melissa Nilles, Holly Binversie, Kelly Jelinek and Elton Jelinek. He is further survived by a brother, Charles and Alyce of Kiel; two sisters, Mrs. Lambert (Marian) Christel of St. Nazianz and Shirley and Jim Kimberlain of Racine and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cyril Marlborough of Manitowoc. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
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CHESTER VOGEL
Chester Vogel, 62, of 20 East Water St., Kiel, a former Kiel business man, died Saturday, March 28, 1992, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, in Manitowoc, after a four-year courageous battle with cancer.
He was born April 22, 1929, in St. Nazianz, Wis., a son of the late Walter and Marie (Schmitt) Vogel. He attended George Washington Grade School, in St. Nazianz and graduated from Kiel High School in 1946.
Chester began his automotive career, working in his father's Chevrolet Dealership in St. Nazianz, after graduating from high school. At the start of The Korean War in 1950, Chester enlisted in the United States Navy andserved four years with the VP-7 Patrol Squadron, as an aviation mechanic.
He served in Japan, Iceland, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island. He attained the rank of Petty Officer, Second Class.
On June 26, 1954, he married Mary Marlborough at the Catholic Chapel atQuonset Point Navel(sic) Air Station in Rhode Island. Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1954, Chester and Mary moved to School Hill, where he operated Vogel School Hill Garage for 12 years.
On January 1, 1967, Chester and his brother, Charles, purchased the former Hingiss Auto Dealership, in Kiel and renamed it Vogel Chevrolet Olds. He served as president and service manager for 21 years until 1988.
Chester was a life-long member of Zion LutheranS Church at Louis Corners, where he was a former church council member and usher. He was a member of the Kiel Tri County Post 6707 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was also a former member of the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association and the Kiel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Surviving him are his beloved wife, Mary; two sons, Jack of Manitowoc and Jim and his wife, Shari, of Kiel; five daughters, Jayne and Jeff Nilles of Sunnyvale, Calif., Jean and Ken Binversie of St. Nazianz, Judy and Rene Jelinek of St. Nazianz, Jodi and Dan Schneider of Grafton, Jill at home; seven grandchildren, Bradley Vogel, Jason Vogel, Sarah Vogel, Melissa Nilles, Holly Binversie, Kelly Jelinek and Elton Jelinek. He is further survived by a brother, Charles and Alyce of Kiel; two sisters, Mrs. Lambert (Marian) Christel of St. Nazianz and Shirley and Jim Kimberlain of Racine and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cyril Marlborough of Manitowoc. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
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