Paul Vogt

A Memorial Services for Paul Vogt, age 86, of Clinton, OK, and formerly of Corn, OK, will be held 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 19, 2015 in the First Christian Church, officiated by Doyle Kinney. Burial will be held prior to the church service in the Corn Cemetery in Corn, OK. Paul Vogt was born February 1, 1929, on the family farm north of Corn to Jacob J. and Lizzie (Kliewer) Vogt and passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 in the Methodist Health Care Center in Clinton, OK. He was the fourth of their seven children. Paul attended one-room country schools through the 8th grade, and graduated from Corn High School in 1948. He received an athletic scholarship to play baseball at Southwestern Technical College in Weatherford. In 1952, he received his B.S. in history and industrial arts. Paul married Florence Reimer on May 28, 1950, in the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church. They raised three children and welcomed the births of four grandchildren and eventually two great-grandchildren. Paul and Florence were married for fifty-two years. Paul's first job following college was at Sentinel High School. In 1956, he accepted a position teaching woodworking and coaching basketball at Cordell High School. In 1962, he moved his family to Reedley, California, where he taught eighth grade. The following year, they returned to Oklahoma where Paul was employed by the Cowden schools. From 1964 to 1968, he taught English, mechanical drawing and coached junior high girls' basketball in Cordell. After another one-year sojourn in Reedley, California, in 1968, Paul and Florence returned to Corn where he ended his teaching career and became a full-time farmer. In 1997, Paul and Florence moved to Clinton, Oklahoma, following their retirement. They joined the First Christian Church. After Florence's death in 2002, Paul married Emma Lou Shepherd on December 1, 2007. Paul is preceded in death by his wife, Florence; his parents; his siblings Clara Johnson and her husband Marvin, Alfred Vogt and his wife Verna Mae, Jake Vogt, Ivan Vogt and Jim Vogt. He is survived by his wife, Emma Lou Vogt of Clinton, Oklahoma; his children, Gail Flaming-Brooks and her husband, Randy of Clinton, Oklahoma; Kari Rose and her husband, Steven of Dallas, Texas; and Jack Vogt of Portland, Oregon; his grandchildren, Colby Flaming and his wife Allyson of Amarillo, Texas; Colin Rose of Houston, Texas; Caitlin, and Ellie Rose of Dallas, Texas; his great-grandchildren, Will and Simon Flaming of Amarillo, Texas; his sister, Joyce Hinz and her husband Jim of Corn, Oklahoma; his sisters-in law, Norma Jean Vogt of Corn, Oklahoma; Yonzell Vogt of Weatherford, Oklahoma; and Johanna Frantz and her husband Edwin of Edmond, Oklahoma; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Remembrances may be made in Paul's name to the Alzheimer's Association of Oklahoma, 2448 E. 81st Street, Suite 3000, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74137 or The First Christian Church, 111 S. 28th Street, Clinton, Oklahoma, 73601.