Clara N. Fogel Obituary (2006) - Kansas City, Missouri

Clara N. Fogel, 83, a lifelong resident of Kansas City, died Thursday, January 26, 2006 at St. Joseph Medical Center. Funeral services will be 11:30am Sunday, January 29, at The Louis Memorial Chapel, 6830 Troost Avenue. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah or the Salvation Army, 3637 Broadway St., Kansas City, MO 64111. Born in Kansas City in 1922, she went to Frances Willard Elementary School and graduated from Paseo High School in 1940, She met her husband of 64 years, Hal Fogel, in Kansas City and lived with him in Kansas City. She and Hal had a son and daughter. Dick lives in North Potomac, MD and Adrian, who also lived in the Washington, DC suburbs, died of cancer in 2003. She was a very active member of the Jewish Community in Kansas City and spent years working as a volunteer at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. She also lived in the same neighborhood for over 50 years in Southwest Kansas City, moving to a retirement complex almost 2 years ago. But more than anything else, she had a very close knit group of friends in Kansas City that shared their life experiences with each other from their teenage years through old age. The group basically all remained in this area their entire lives and in reality, became extended family to each other. A life- long democrat, she was never at a loss in volunteering her views on how to make the Country a better place. Her friends volunteered to make her an honorary editor of Time Magazine, since she was a faithful reader of the publication for over 50 years. In addition to her husband Hal and son Dick, she is survived by three grandchildren: Sarah Fogel, David Fogel and Matthew Killian, and a wealth of other family, friends and former neighbors who have loving memories of her.