Claude Martin Vogel 72, of 645 South Willow Road, Evansville, a consulting engineer of Robert W. Hunt
& Company, Chicago, for many years and during World War II in charge of the
airplane wing plant at Servel died Wednesday (11 May 1955) night in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. His wife, Aletha
Spencer Vogel, is a member of a prominent former Posey county family.
Mr. Vogel had been in failing health for four years and seriously
ill the last six months.
The body is at the Robert Greek Mortuary in Evansville and will remain there through the
funeral service set for 10 a.m. Saturday in the Greek chapel.
Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery at Evansville. The officiating minister will be
Dr. M. Cavell, pastor of Evansville First
Presbyterian Church of which the deceased was a life long member.
The wife is the sole near surviving relative.
Mr. Vogel, a native of Evansville, was a graduate of Purdue University. He was a charter member of Phi
Kappa sigma fraternity and a member of the Tau Beta
Phi honorary fraternity. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the
Shrine, Elks and Turners.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers