Cogdill, Robert ("Bob") Adelbert (1928 - 2024)

COGDILL, ROSE, MONTANG, ALLEN, HEFNER, HAISCH, JOHNSON, HANSEN, RASTEDE, FROEKE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/12/2024 at 18:29:07

Name of deceased: Robert (“Bob”) Adelbert Cogdill

Aged: 96 yrs, 3 mo, 18 days

Residence: Dunlap, Harrison and Crawford Counties, IA

Born: June 24, 1928; Coleridge, Cedar County, NE

Died: Oct. 12, 2024; Dunlap, Harrison and Crawford Counties, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Dunlap, IA

Survived by: Children, Sam (spouse, Sue) Cogdill, Pat (spouse, Joyce) Cogdill, Tim (spouse, Susan) Cogdill, all of Dunlap, IA, Tony (spouse, Linda) Cogdill of Panama, IA, Frank (spouse, JoEtt) Cogdill of Dunlap, IA, and Martha (spouse, Richard) Rose of Dunlap, IA; daughter-in-law, Barbara Cogdill of Ankeny, IA; son-in-law, Patrick Montang of Council Bluffs, IA; 22 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; more than 50 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandsons; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Sam and Doris (nee Allen) Cogdill; wife, Mildred Cogdill; children, Edwin Cogdill and Doris Montang; twin grandsons, Ryan and Bryan Cogdill; sisters, Rose Hefner, Maxine Haisch, Marge Johnson, Mildred Hansen, Ella Rastede and Marilyn Cogdill

Education: Attended country school through Grade 8

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Mildred Foecke; July 10, 1948; Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Exira, IA

Employment: Growing up, Bob hired out to neighbors to pick corn at a time when most corn was picked by hand and tractors were just starting to be used. Bob farmed with his dad, and then rented a farm to farm on his own. After 4 tough years with crop damage and livestock death, he rented a farm near Panama, IA. In March 1952, the family, now with 3 children, moved to a farm northwest of Panama. Bob kept busy farming, with milking cows, raising hogs, feeding cattle, planting and harvesting the crops. In 1972, the family moved to the Dunlap farm. In 1995, Bob and Mildred built a new house near the church in Dunlap. Bob continued farming all his life: at age of 94, he still ran the combine.

Hobbies/Interests: Enjoyed hunting and roller skating in his younger years and met Mildred when skating. Bob enjoyed traveling with Mildred, water skiing, snow skiing, fishing, and spending time with the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When most of the children had graduated or were in college, Bob started traveling to Minnesota and building their lake homes. He was still water skiing when he was 91.

Sources: Foutsfuneralhome.com