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Submitted: 6/28/20 • Approved: 6/28/20 • Last Updated: 7/1/20 • R1325536-G0-S3
7 Apr 1928 - 23 Aug 2013
Herb was born in Zerbst, Germany, near the river Elbe to Wilhelm Vogel, a butcher, and Margarete Pelzer Vogel. His mother passed away when he was 9 years old and his father remarried to Erna Richter. He was raised in Zerbst, near the castle of Catherine the Great. As soon as he turned 14, he became a Baker's Apprentice in the nearby city of Dessau. As a young apprentice during World War II, he had to endure many hardships including the death of his older brother, Willie, an avid soccer player, on the Eastern Front. Shortly after the War, his father and stepmother passed away within a short time of each other. Young Herb escaped from what was then East Germany to West Germany in 1949, and then, after working as a baker in West Germany, immigrated to New York City under sponsorship from his uncle, Otto Vogel. He traveled on the ship Italia and arrived in the United States on April 10, 1952.
Herb met Katharina Hoesch at night school learning to speak English in 1952 and they became engaged on his birthday in 1954. He married Katy on December 31, 1954, and together opened Vogel's Bakery in South Ozone Park, New York. Herb became a U.S. citizen in 1957. His first son, William was born in 1959 and Herbert John was born in 1968. Herb was a member of the Baker's Association in New York City and a certified Master Baker by the Retail Bakers of America. His recipe for true New York cheesecake has been served in fine restaurants across the country. After many years in New York, Herb, Katy, and two sons were drawn to the Ozarks by the beauty of the area and the prospect of buying Home Style Bakery.
Herb is survived by his wife of 58 years and life-long partner, Katy; his two sons and daughters-in-law; three grandchildren; as well as his sister and her daughter Maulbronn, Germany.
Visitation at Kirby Funeral Home, 600 Hospital Drive, will be from 5 to 8pm on Tuesday, September 27, and the funeral will be at 10am Wednesday at the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 353 Highway 5 North, Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.
Full obituaty published in Baxter Bulletin from August 26 to August 27, 2013
Contributed on 6/28/20 by Jenbaker1951
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