Barbara Corinne Ogden

Barbara Corinne “Barb” Ogden, age 99, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 15, 2024, at Riverside Lodge Independent Living. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 pm Saturday, August 10, at All Faiths Funeral Home. The memorial service and a celebration of Barbara’s life will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, August 11 at All Faiths Funeral Home with Reverend Beth Gregory officiating. Lunch will be served in the Woodland Room at Riverside Lodge. A private burial of ashes will be at the Chapman Cemetery. Barbara was born August 28, 1924, on the family farm, home of her parents, Sam and Anna Magnuson, seven miles northwest of Chapman in Prairie Creek Township, Merrick County, NE. She attended rural District 28, Pleasant View School near her home, then graduated from Chapman High School in 1941. In the fall she enrolled in the Grand Island Business College and a year later was employed at Carpenter Paper Company in GI. On June 9, 1944, Barbara married Loren Ogden at the Chapman Baptist Church and they set up housekeeping in Chapman, where she kept a garden, raised chickens and worked at the Chapman Farmer’s Store. For many years she was the “gofer” on the farm. She and Loren did lots of RVing, with Colorado a perennial summer fishing destination early on. Once Richard took over more of the farm operation, they were spending their winters for 30 years in Arizona and fishing the Baha Bay at Guaymas, Mexico where they had friends from around the U.S. and Canada. They lived on the west edge of Chapman almost 65 years until Loren’s death October 16th, 2008. In April of 2012 Barbara moved to Riverside Lodge Retirement Community in GI. Barbara was baptized in the Prairie Creek Baptist Church in 1935 and after her marriage joined the First Baptist Church of Chapman in 1944. She was an active member and held several positions over the years, including Sunday School teacher and serving as financial secretary for 17 years. For over fifty years she worked in the Women’s Mission Society and having a fine voice, sang in the choir and in duets and trios. Barbara was a 4-H member as a girl and later served as a 4-H leader for 10 years and was for over 50 years a member of the Merry Wives Extension Club. She enjoyed reading, sewing for herself and family, knitting, crafts and gardening. Barbara loved spending time with all of her great grandchildren, playing board games and cards with the girls and later savoring the antics of the young boys. Barbara was loved by all and a wonderful example of how to age gracefully. She was always fun, enjoying a good laugh whenever possible and was a loyal and loving wife and mother. Those who cherish her life and memory include her children, Richard and Pam Ogden of Chapman and Lynn Gray of Oakhurst, CA; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jackie Sampson of Grand Island. Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Loren; her parents; two grandchildren, Betsy Ogden and Ty Ogden; her siblings, Helen Mauer, Violet Dickerson, Bonnie Rice, Paul Magnuson, Lorraine Hanway and Gloria Jean Nelsen and son-in-law, Robert Gray. Memorials are suggested to Chapman Baptist Church or Merrick County Historical Society.

Barbara Corinne Ogden

August 28, 1924 - July 15, 2024

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August 28, 1924 - July 15, 2024

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