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Richard W. Ogden

Richard W. Ogden

Male 1909 - 1987  (78 years)


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  • Name Richard W. Ogden  [1, 2] 
    Birth 31 Mar 1909  Elwood, Madison, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Oct 1987  Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    Person ID I5696  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father Christ C. Ogden,   b. 1 Jan 1881, Clark, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1951 (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Grace Dean,   b. 13 Dec 1883, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1971, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Williams,   b. 30 Nov 1910, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1989, Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1934  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Saint Patrick Church

      Saint Patrick Church
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F1636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S243] Staff, News-Messenger, (Name: News-Messenger; Location: Fremont, Ohio, United States;), Obituary: Kekelik, Gertrude (Williams-Vargosick).
      Mrs. John Kekelik

      MARBLEHEAD - Mrs. Gertrude F. Kekelik, 59, wife of John Kekelik, 114 Clemons Street, died unexpectedly Thursday of a heart attack at her home, She had been employed at the New Departure Plant, Sandusky, for 16 years.

      Surviving with the husband, John are three daughters by a previous marriage. Mrs. Donald Elder and Miss Donna Mae Vargosick, Sandusky, and Mrs. Kenneth Olson, Wilminton; sisters, Mrs. Richard Ogden, Vickery; Mrs. Harold Knecht, Lakewood; Mrs. William Kekic, Cleveland; Miss Florence Williams, Cleveland; and brother Charles Williams, Bay Village. There are two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Elizabeth Potts Williams and her first husband.

      Friends may call at the Gerner and Wolf Funeral Home, Port Clinton, beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. Service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home.

      News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio: 12APR1968
      HFA: 18FEB2023

    2. [S267] Staff, Sandusky Register, (Name: Sandusky Register; Location: Sandsusky, Sandsukey, Ohio, United States;), Ogden, Richard.
      Richard Ogden

      VICKERY - Richard W. Ogden, 78, Maple Avenue, Vickery, died Sunday in Providence Hospital, Sandusky, after a lengthy illness.

      Born in Indiana, he was a meat inspector for the of Ohio until retiring in 1975.

      He was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church, Sandusky.

      Surviving are his wife, Ruth (Williams), to whom he was married 53 years; a son, Richard Jr., Fayetteville, N.Y.; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; five sisters; Grace Green, Jean Hyde, Ione Matter and Betty Garlock, all of Sharon, Pa.; and Helen Weisen, Albuquerque, N.M.; and two brothers, Jack, Cleveland; and Terry, Columbus.

      He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Dorothy Keough; and three brothers, James, Edward and Ira.

      Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Frey-Groff Funeral Home, 604 W. Washington St., Sandusky, where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Frank Eckart, Holy Angels Catholic Church, will officiate.

      Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

      Memorials contributions may be made to Cancer Services of Erie County.

      Monday, October 5, 1987 - Sandusky Register - Page A-5
      HFA: 19MAR2023